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Four observations revealed about Oscar during his trial

Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial gripped the attention of million across the world. Here is a recap of some of the interesting moments that occurred inside and outside of the court room.

 His love for guns

During his trial it was revealed that Pistorius had a love for firearms. In 2013 a South African gun collectors’ club official, where Pistorius was a member, revealed to a number of media houses how he steadily became an avid collector of firearms during his Olympic year.

Crying and vomiting in court

Pistorius cried and retched a number of times during the trial. The one event that made headlines is when he broke down after being shown Reeva Steenkamp’s bloodied head by state prosecutor Gerrie Nel in court.

Oscar Pistorius is seen crying. Photo: The Citizen
Oscar Pistorius is seen crying. Photo: The Citizen

He has a spiritual side

On July 15 Pistorius took to Twitter and showed the world his spiritual side by tweeting the following:

One of his spiritual tweets.
One of his spiritual tweets.

*Selling three of his houses:

Since the trial started Pistorius has sold three of his houses.

The house where Reeva Steenkamp was shot was sold at R4.5m to a Boksburg resident. His other Pretoria based homes were both sold at about R1m each.

 

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