Murder: Oscar Pistorious Granted Bail By Pretorian Magistrates Court

OSCAR PISTORIOUS IN COURT
OSCAR PISTORIOUS IN COURT

South African athlete and multiple Paralympic Gold medalist, Oscar Pistorius who is standing trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, has been granted bail by a Pretoria magistrates court.Magistrate Desmond Nair granted the embattled blade runner bail on the following grounds:

1. He did not think Pistorius was a flight risk.

2. He did not think the prosecution had shown that Pistorius had a propensity for violence.

3. He did not think the prosecution had shown their would be public outrage if he were released on bail.

4. He did not think the prosecution’s case was so strong that Pistorius’s only reasonable reaction were he released would be to flee.

Information Nigeria recalls that Oscar was arrested on Valentines’ Day (Thursday, February 14th, 2013) as the prime suspect in the bloody murder of his girlfriend, Reeva.

Listen to Magistrate Desmond Nair’s Bail Ruling On Oscar Pistorious Below