Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee sprinter who shot dead his girlfriend, were back in court on Tuesday fighting prosecutors’ attempts to have him convicted for murder rather than culpable homicide. Here is a timeline of important events. 2013 February 14: South African police arrest Pistorius, a Paralympic and Olympic sprinter nicknamed the “Blade Runner”, for killing model Reeva Steenkamp, 29, who was shot four times with one of the guns at his Pretoria house. February 15:...
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