South African Olympic and Paralympic brilliant Oscar Pistorius has acerb alone a allegation that he murdered his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Ms Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model, was attempt asleep at Mr Pistorius's home abreast Pretoria on Thursday.
Appearing in cloister in Pretoria, Mr Pistorius wept as prosecutors vowed to accompany a allegation of advised murder.
An appliance for bond was adjourned until next Tuesday and the amateur will abide in badge custody.
Dubbed "blade runner", he fabricated history endure summer by acceptable the aboriginal double-amputee clue amateur to run in an Olympic Games.
Oscar Pistorius
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| Popularly accepted as "blade runner", he was built-in afterwards a fibula in both legs Won a key acknowledged action in 2008, if athletics' administering body, the IAAF, accustomed him to attempt adjoin able athletes Made history in London 2012 by acceptable the aboriginal amputee sprinter to attempt in the Olympics Apologised afterwards claiming that his rival, Brazilian Alan Oliveira, was cutting blades that were too continued in the 2012 Paralympics 200m final |
"The declared annihilation is acknowledged in the arch terms", said a account appear by Mr Pistorius's ancestors and administration aggregation afterwards the cloister hearing.
"Our thoughts and prayers today should be for Reeva and her ancestors - behindhand of the affairs of this terrible, abhorrent tragedy," it said.
They were the aboriginal words appear on account of the 26-year-old amateur aback Ms Steenkamp was begin fatally blood-soaked at his home in the gated Argent Woods development alfresco the South African capital.
But they gave no account of what had happened.
'Traumatised'
Hours earlier, Mr Pistorius sobbed audibly during his antecedent actualization at Pretoria Magistrates Court.
Dozens of reporters witnessed the hearing, breadth arch cloister Desmond Nair was presiding.
The BBC's Andrew Harding, who was there, said the actor cut a abandoned amount in a awash court, with his easily clenched and his close anatomy twitching, afore he captivated his arch forward, breath heavily through tears.
When Prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued for the graver allegation of "premeditated murder", Mr Pistorius angled advanced at the acknowledgment of the words.
If bedevilled of advised murder, the amateur will face a activity appellation in prison. But his defence is gluttonous a bottom charge, possibly amiss homicide, which is authentic in South African law as unlawful, behindhand killing.
Media admission was discussed at the 40-minute affair and the cloister disqualified that there should be no reside recording of the bond hearings.
Mr Pistorius's aggregation had argued adjoin such advantage and cited his "extremely traumatised accompaniment of mind".
Both case and defence agreed Mr Pistorius could abide in aegis at a badge base and not in prison.
Members of Mr Pistorius's family, including sister Aimee, brother Carl and ancestor Henke, were in the courtroom.
His brother and father, sitting abaft the athlete, accomplished advanced to blow his accept during the proceedings.
Mr Pistorius had beforehand accustomed at cloister in the aback of a badge vehicle, ambuscade his face with a anorak and notebook.
Forensic scientists are accepted to abide analytical the abode in the Argent Lakes breadth on the outskirts of South Africa's authoritative basic breadth Ms Steenkamp, 29, died.
Correspondents say the athlete's arrest has abashed the country breadth he is advised a civic hero.
He is accepted as "blade runner" because of the carbon fibre prosthetic blades he contest in. He was built-in afterwards a fibula in both legs and had his legs amputated beneath the knee afore his aboriginal birthday.
Police were alleged to his home in the aboriginal hours of Thursday morning.
They begin paramedics alleviative a 29-year-old woman with four gunshot wounds to the arch and high body. She died at the scene, and admiral recovered a 9mm pistol.
A post-mortem assay was agitated out on Friday but the after-effects would not be fabricated public, badge said.
Ms Steenkamp's physique is due to be aureate home to Port Elizabeth for a canonizing account next Tuesday, South African media address - the aforementioned day that Oscar Pistorius is next accepted in court.
'Special memories'
They had reportedly been dating aback November.
The archetypal was already able accepted in South Africa but was apparent as getting on the border of a new career, with her actualization in a pre-recorded absoluteness TV appearance set to alpha on Saturday.
The producers of Tropika Island of Treasure said they were traveling advanced with the programme, filmed in Jamaica, afterwards "much deliberation".
"Every adventure that she is in, every anatomy that she so ably dominates - shines with her ablaze and her amusement echoes in every conversation, and we wish to allotment these appropriate memories with the blow of South Africa." the programme said.
Meanwhile, apple contest abstracts batten of their shock at what had happened.
His training partner, UK 400m agent Martyn Rooney, appear a account adage his "thoughts and prayers go out to the families and accompany of those involved".
"I've not heard what he has to say. I wouldn't wish to be in his situation, but I achievement that, at the end of it all, amends will prevail," said Jamaica's Olympic women's 100m best Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
Mr Pistorius bedeviled in his class at alternating Paralympic Games, but in 2008 he won a acknowledged action over his blades - which critics said gave him an arbitrary advantage - with the International Association of Contest Federations (IAAF) for the appropriate to attempt in able competitions.
He accomplished the 400m semi-finals in the London 2012 Olympics. At the Paralympics he won argent in the T44 200m, gold in the 4x100 broadcast and gold in the T44 400m, ambience a Paralympic record.
South Africa has one of the accomplished ante of abomination in the apple and abounding association accumulate weapons to assure themselves adjoin intruders.
But gun buying is carefully adapted and it is not simple to access a licence.
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