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The secret life of Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius
He was an Olympic champion, national hero and handsome millionaire who lived in a mansion.
She was a stunning model, TV star and law graduate.
International sports star Oscar Pistorius was an inspiration to millions when, on prosthetic legs, he became the first amputee to compete against able bodied athletes at last year's Olympic Games.
Blonde beauty Reeva Steenkamp was a rising star who in an interview just last week described her boyfriend as "an impeccable man who always had her best interests at heart".
Polo Ralph Lauren Cheap But the man they called the "Blade Runner" lived a secret second life.
Inside his home in a prestigious gated community in the South African city of Pretoria, he kept a cache of high powered weapons, despite hiring private guards and his house being surrounded by three metre high walls.
Ralph Lauren Wholesale The extraordinary athlete who achieved greatness against the odds lived with a revolver by his bed and a machine gun by his window.
South African police say they have previously been called to his prestigious house in the Silver Lakes Golf Estate for domestic violence complaints.
But a tearful Pistorius was last night remanded in custody after being formally charged with the murder of his girlfriend.
Wearing a dark suit, tie and blue shirt, he broke down in the Pretoria Magistrates Court as magistrate Desmond Nair formally charged him with the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, 29. cnvnclkv
Discount Ralph Lauren Prosecutors say they will pursue a premeditated murder charge against Pistorius, 26, who stood with his face in his hands as he broke down in tears.
The magistrate delayed Pistorius' bail hearing to Tuesday and Wednesday, and ruled he be held at a Pretoria police station until then.
In a story as sad as it is shocking, 26 year old Pistorius stands accused of shooting Steenkamp four times in the head, chest, mouth and hand.
Ralph Lauren Polo News of the Valentine's Day tragedy has shaken the foundation of world athletics and dominated news bulletins around the globe.
His arrest has been felt nowhere more strongly than South Africa, where he had been considered a hero
Rather than starting his sporting year in Australia, where he was next month due to compete in able bodied races in Sydney and Perth, the man they dubbed "the fastest man on no sadaknkj11 legs" could find himself languishing in the Pretoria Central Prison, where capital punishment was delivered in apartheid era South Africa and the prison gallows could hang seven people at a time.
Afrikaans language newspaper Beeld last night carried the headline "dead behind the door", reporting Steenkamp was found by security guards in a bathroom where Pistorius had apparently shot her.
It said police and security guards were called to his mansion two hours before gunshots were heard with neighbours complaining about noise thought to have been an argument between the couple.
Other local media said there were "splatters of blood in Pistorius' bedroom, and in other parts of his house" that were being combed by forensic experts.
A 9mm gun registered in Pistorius' name was removed from the scene by police in the South African provence of Gauteng.
Until yesterday, Pistorius was the feel good story of world sport the man born without a fibula in either leg who grew up walking on stumps then prosthetics after his malformed limbs were amputated.
A six time Paralympic gold medallist who defied the doubters by qualifying for the 400m semi final in London and ran for his nation in the 4x400m relay, he was named by Time magazine one of the world's 100 most influential people and carried the South African flag at the closing ceremony of the Games.
On February 1, Steenkamp took to social media to show her affection for the man she had been dating about three months.
"He's beautiful to look at says some smart stuff too ;)," she tweeted.
Last weekend she reacted to the death of a 17 year old gang raped, murdered and mutilated at a construction site near Cape Town, by telling her online followers "Speak out against the rape of individuals in SA. RIP Anene Booysen."
The 30 year old was this week due to speak at a university today about the empowerment of women.
But she may not have known her famous partner had an alleged past of temper, violence and a love of guns.
In November, he reportedly threatened to break the legs of the friend of a man he believed had slept with his ex girlfriend.
London's Daily Mail yesterday reported Pistorius spent a night in police cells in 2009 after a woman complained to police he had assaulted her during a party at his house.
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