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Live: Oscar Pistorius murder trial

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Follow events from Pretoria as Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius appears in court accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
16 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius: South Africa's most senior detective defends police case

Lieutenant-General Vineshkumar Moonoo, chief investigating officer in the Oscar Pistorius case  
Lieutenant General Vineshkumar Moonoo says he is 'very happy' with how the trial has gone so far and he's confident the prosecution will get their man
15 Mar 2014

Pistorius: how police bungled the case

 
The Telegraph's Southern Africa Correspondent Aislinn Laing outlines the three main ways police have hampered the Oscar Pistorius case
14 Mar 2014

Police 'stole watches' from Pistorius's home

Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock during court proceedings at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria  
An ex-police officer told Pretoria court that his colleagues were clumsy with evidence and even stole a luxury watch from the crime scene
14 Mar 2014

Court shown pictures of bloodied Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius on day ten of his murder trial. Right: a picture of him taken when the police arrived at the scene  
Video Southern Africa Correspondent Aislinn Laing describes the grisly pictures of Oscar Pistorius smeared in blood that were shown on day 10 of the athlete's murder trial
14 Mar 2014

Pistorius trial: March 14 as it happened

Oscar Pistorius has arrived in court for the 10th day of his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. All the latest updates here
14 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius trial sees grisly pictures of shell-shocked athlete smeared in blood

South African athlete appears pale and stares at camera as photographed by police in hours after he killed Reeva Steenkamp
14 Mar 2014

First pictures of crime scene shown in Pistorius trial

Prosecutors unveil more details of the scene of the Valentine's Day kiling, focusing on the condition that Oscar Pistorius's gun was found and revealing graphic pictures of Reeva Steenkamp's body
13 Mar 2014

Pistorius trial: March 13 as it happened

Oscar Pistorius has arrived in court for the ninth day of his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. All the latest updates here
13 Mar 2014

Pistorius court shown blood-stained prosthetic legs

Defence lawyer attempts to show that Pistorius was wearing prosthetic legs when he battered down the door the night of Reeva Steenkamp's murder
13 Mar 2014

Pistorius trial sees photos of blood-spattered home – and Steenkamp’s body

Gasps in court as close-up photographs of Steenkamp’s face and body after St Valentine’s Day shooting shown on screens, prompting Pistorius to weep and vomit again
13 Mar 2014

Pistorius ' not wearing prosthetic legs when he shot through door'

Police forensic expert suggests at trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp that the sprinter lied in his own account of what happened on St Valentine's Day last year
12 Mar 2014

Pistorius murder trial: March 12 as it happened

Police colonel giving evidence on the eighth day of the trial suggests it was likely sprinter did not have prostheses on when he tried to knock down door with bat
12 Mar 2014

How Pistorius 'bashed' door with bat

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial attempt to demonstrate how he would have struck the lavatory door through which he had shot Reeva Steenkam
12 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: March 11 as it happened

Oscar Pistorius has arrived in court for the seventh day of his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. All the latest updates here
12 Mar 2014

Pistorius 'fired guns in public places'

Video A former friend and witness testifies that he saw Oscar Pistorius fire a gun from a car and in a restaurant
11 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius 'had a big love of weapons'

Trial hears from former friend of the paralympian of angry exchanges with police officers, and Pistorius's love of guns
11 Mar 2014

How I photographed food's unsung heroes

Photography Globe-trotting photographer Jackie Nickerson has found a unique way to celebrate Africa’s food producers − she’s hidden their identities
11 Mar 2014
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Pistorius trial: gunshot vs cricket bat

Shooting incident analyst Alexander Jason runs an experiment to test the sound of a cricket bat hitting a door versus that of a gunshot
10 Mar 2014

Pistorius 'crumpled' during pathologist's evidence

The 27-year-old vomited as "very graphic" evidence about the gunshot wounds suffered by Reeva Steenkamp was read out, says Southern Africa correspondent Aislinn Laing
10 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: March 10 as it happened

Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee Olympian, returns to Pretoria court for the fifth day of trial over killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
10 Mar 2014

Pistorius sobs and vomits on hearing evidence

Paralympian struggles to cope as state pathologist describes bullet wounds and shrapnel from bathroom door which pierced Reeva Steenkamp's body
10 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: March 7 as it happened

Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee Olympian, returns to Pretoria court for the fifth day of trial over killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
10 Mar 2014

Oscar Pistorius trial: Cry, the troubled country

As the Oscar Pistorius trial continues in Pretoria, author Justin Cartwright says it gives a disturbing insight into the divided state of post-apartheid South Africa
09 Mar 2014
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Hero and villain ... a week in the trial of Oscar Pistorius

The trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp opened to worldwide public interest. Aislinn Laing had a front-row seat for the proceedings
08 Mar 2014
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In South Africa
Members of the South African military carrying the coffin of Nelson Mandela  

Nelson Mandela funeral

 

Mandela lies in state: thousands gather to pay tribute

Sign expert Rachel Hubbard has revealed five reasons why the sign interpreter who appeared at Nelson Mandela's memorial service gives himself away as a fake  

Five ways to spot Mandela signer was 'fake'

Mandela, the revered icon of the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and one of the towering political figures of the 20th century, died in Johannesburg on December 5 at age 95. Mandela, who was elected South Africa's first black president after spending nearly three decades in prison, had been receiving treatment for a lung infection at his Johannesburg home since September, after three months in hospital in a critical state.  

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A projection of the face of Nelson Mandela  

Mandela memorial ceremony

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