Oscar and Late girlfriend Reeva
By Adeola Adeyemo
Today in a South African Court, Paralympics and
Olympics athlete, Oscar Pistorius gave an account of the events that led to the
murder of his girlfriend, model Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day.
Here is the reported text of his affidavit read in
the Court as he sought bail after being accused of murdering his girlfriend as
reported by CNN.
I am an adult male, SA (South African) citizen and
applicant in this application and seek to be released on bail. I make this
affidavit of my own free will and have not been influenced. Contents is true
and correct.
I fail to understand how I could be charged with
murder, let alone premeditated murder because I had no intention to kill my
girlfriend. I have been informed I have been accused of murder – I deny the
accusation. Nothing can be further from the truth that I planned the murder of
my girlfriend. I have no intention to relocate as I love my country.
I earn R5.6 million ($636,000) a year. I’ve never
been convicted of crimes. I deny that I committed murder in the strongest
point. Even though I don’t have to, I want to deal with these allegations.
Reeva had bought me a present for Valentine’s Day.
We were deeply in love. We were deeply in love and couldn't be happier.
I loved
her and I know she felt the same way. On 13 Feb Reeva would have gone out with
her friends, me with mine. She wanted to stay at home. I was watching TV. My
legs were off. She was doing yoga. At the end of the evening we got into bed.
I’m acutely aware of people gaining entries to homes to commit crime, I’ve
received death threats. I sleep with my 9mm (gun) under my bed. I woke up to
close the sliding door and heard a noise in the bathroom.
I was scared and didn’t switch on the light. I got
my gun and moved towards the bathroom. I screamed at the intruder because I did
not have my legs on I felt vulnerable. I fired shots through the bathroom door
and told Reeva to call police. I walked back to the bed and realized Reeva was
not in bed. It’s then it dawned on me it could be her in there. I kicked the
door open. Called paramedics and complex security. I tried to carry her down
stairs for help. I tried to help her but she died in my arms. I am mortified.
With the benefit of hindsight I realize that Reeva
went to the bathroom when I went to close the balcony door. I trust the South
African legal system and the facts will show that I did not murder Reeva. I
believe the forensic evidence will prove what I am saying. I used a cricket bat
to break open toilet door. I am an international sports star, I will not evade
my trial.
After the shooting I did not flee the scene. I
remained until the police arrived. I don’t know of any witnesses in this
matter, and I won’t interfere with any witnesses. My continued incarceration
will be of “no benefit” to the state. Release would not disturb the public
order.
However, in response to this, Prosecutor Gerrie Nel
told the court that Pistorius shot the 29-year-old model four times through the
bathroom door of his home and painted a picture of premeditated killing – a
crime that carries a life sentence in South Africa.
Daily Mail reports that he told the court that Miss
Steenkamp went into the bathroom after the couple had been arguing. “The applicant armed himself, attached his
prosthesis, walked seven metres to the bathroom and shot the deceased while she
was in the toilet. He shot four times. There’s no possible explanation to
support his report that he thought it was a burglar.
“If I arm myself, walk a distance and murder a
person, that is premeditated. The door is closed. There is no doubt. I walk
seven metres and I kill. “The motive is ‘I want to kill’. That’s it’. ‘This
deceased was in a 1.4 by 1.14 metre little room. She could go nowhere. It was
all part of the preplanning. Why would a burglar lock himself inside the
bathroom?
“She locked that door for a purpose. We’ll get to
that purpose. That is where she was when those shots were fired. She couldn’t
go anywhere. It must have been horrific.”
The Funeral for Miss Steenkamp was held today in
Port Elizabeth. May her soul Rest In Peace
Source: Bellanaija.
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