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On 14 February 2013, Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, paralegal and model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria home. He claimed he had mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder hiding in the bathroom. He was arrested and charged with murder. At his trial the following year, Pistorius was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of culpable homicide.
Oscar Pistorius, a former Paralympic gold medalist and Olympic runner from South Africa, was granted parole Friday, 10 years after he shot and killed his girlfriend in his home. The runner will be ...
Pistorius, 37, served nearly nine years of his murder sentence of 13 years and five months for the fat Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius freed on parole after serving nearly 9 years for girlfriend's ...
Previously sentenced to 10 years on driving charge, which was reduced to seven years during sentencing for assault charge against his girlfriend in 2009 [53] In 2016, while awaiting trial regarding the death of his cellmate, Phillips committed suicide in prison after serving 7+ years. [54] Alabama Pitts: Pre-career Armed robbery 8–16 years
The South African former professional sprinter, whose physical challenges saw him compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic games, forever clouded his athletic pedigree when he shot and killed ...
Collapsed during the 1912 Olympic marathon due to dehydration and high body temperature. [1] 18 Aug 1931: Eric Krenz United States: 25: Discus throw: Drowning. [2] 15 Apr 1933: George Saling United States: 23: 110 metres hurdles: Car crash. [3] 30 Jun 1946: Donato Pavesi Italy: 57: 10 kilometres walk: Died while racewalking during a race held ...
Pearson was arrested in June 2023 after stabbing his ex-girlfriend Madison Schemitz, then 17, and her mother, Jaclyn Roge, as well as a bystander who tried to intervene outside a Ponte Vedra Beach ...
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty over a car incident in Australia which killed his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Hoskins died in hospital on 30 December 2023 ...