THE OSCAR TIMELINE - YOU
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THE OSCAR TIMELINE - YOU
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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
13 FEBRUARY<br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
REEVA<br />
TWEETS<br />
VALENTINE’S DAY PLANS<br />
Reeva Steenkamp (29) tweets, “What do<br />
you have up your sleeve for your love tomorrow<br />
#getexcited #ValentinesDay.”<br />
Security camera<br />
footage shows<br />
her arriving at the<br />
complex where<br />
Pistorius lives before<br />
6 pm.<br />
Just before<br />
6pm
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
14 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
Pistrious<br />
arrested<br />
EARLY-MORNING GUNSHOTS<br />
In the early morning hours police<br />
are called to Pistorius’ home after<br />
neighbours say they heard gunshots.<br />
Pistorius is arrested and<br />
charged with Steenkamp’s murder.<br />
Rumours circulate he mistook her<br />
for a burglar. He spends the night at<br />
Boschkop police station.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
15 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
FIRST APPEARANCE<br />
Pistorius weeps during his hearing at<br />
the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court. He’s<br />
charged with premeditated murder under<br />
Schedule 6 of South Africa’s Criminal<br />
Procedure Act and will have to show<br />
exceptional circumstances to justify his<br />
release on bail. Magistrate Nair postpones<br />
the case and allows for Pistorius<br />
to be kept at Brooklyn police station for<br />
the duration of his bail hearing.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
16 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
From<br />
TV show<br />
A TRIBUTE ON AIR<br />
Tropika Island of<br />
Treasure, the reality<br />
show Steenkamp<br />
filmed prior to her<br />
death, airs and releases<br />
a tribute to<br />
her.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
19 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
MISTAKEN IDENTITY<br />
Pistorius maintains he mistook Steenkamp<br />
for a burglar when he fired into the<br />
bathroom door, feeling vulnerable as he<br />
thought there was an intruder and he<br />
wasn’t wearing his prosthetic legs. When<br />
he realised it was Steenkamp in the bathroom,<br />
he put on his legs, broke down the<br />
door and carried her downstairs where<br />
she died in his arms.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
20 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> HOUSE PLAN<br />
Botha says Pistorius<br />
knew Steenkamp<br />
was in the bathroom<br />
when he shot<br />
through the door.<br />
Hilton<br />
Botha
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
21 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
BOTHA A BAD BOY<br />
In 2011 Hilton Botha and two<br />
other officers were accused of<br />
firing at a taxi carrying seven<br />
passengers during an alleged<br />
drunken incident. He’s removed<br />
as lead detective on Oscar’s<br />
case and is replaced by<br />
Lt Gen Vinesh Moonoo
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
22 FEBRUARY<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
BAIL HEARING<br />
Bail is set at R1 million. Pistorius<br />
must get permission to travel<br />
outside Pretoria, must report to a<br />
police station every Monday and<br />
Friday and must surrender his<br />
travel documents and firearms.<br />
He is allowed no alcohol nor<br />
contact with witnesses. The case<br />
is postponed to 4 June.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
28 MARCH<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
ALMOST “BACK TO NORMAL”<br />
He successfully appeals his bail<br />
conditions. Judge Bert Bam rules<br />
Pistorius’ passport be handed to<br />
his attorney and he be allowed to<br />
travel, go abroad at one week’s<br />
notice, drink alcohol, refuse a<br />
drug test and go home to his<br />
Silver Woods house.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
31 MAY<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
The toilet<br />
scence after<br />
the shooting<br />
LEAKED IMAGES<br />
Sky News broadcasts<br />
images showing the<br />
toilet Steenkamp was<br />
apparently sitting on<br />
and the trail of blood<br />
from when she was<br />
carried downstairs.
<strong>OSCAR</strong> PISTORIUS REEVA STEENKAMP MAGISTRATE DESMOND NAIR<br />
4 JUNE<br />
Paralympic<br />
athlete accused<br />
of killing Reeva<br />
Steenkamp<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OSCAR</strong> <strong>TIMELINE</strong><br />
Law graduate<br />
and model shot<br />
dead in Pistorius’<br />
home<br />
Head magistrate at the<br />
Pretoria Magistrate’s<br />
Court who presided over<br />
Pistorius’ bail application.<br />
BACK IN COURT<br />
Pistorius is due to<br />
appear in court for<br />
the start of his trial.<br />
SOURCES: NEWS24.COM, NEWS.COM.AU, TELEGRAPH.CO.UK, WWW.<br />
JUSTICE.GOV.ZA, GUARDIAN.CO.UK, IOL.CO.ZA, SALON.COM<br />
GRAPHIC: <strong>YOU</strong>/HG INFOGRAPHICS; PICS: GALLO IMAGES/AFP, GALLO IMAGES/<br />
FOTO24/<strong>THE</strong>ANA BREUGEM, INPRA, GREATSTOCK/BARCRAFT/EPA
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