Oscar on the verge of suicide - friend
2013-03-10 21:27
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London - Oscar Pistorius is a broken man "on the
verge of suicide" as he fights a charge of premeditated murder, a friend
of the disgraced Paralympic star has said.
Pistorius stands accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on
Valentine's Day.
The 26-year-old South African, who has won six gold medals at the
Paralympics, claims he shot her through a bathroom door thinking she was an
intruder.
Speaking in the upcoming BBC3 documentary Oscar Pistorius: What Really
Happened?, close friend Mike Azzie said the star was "a broken
man" since the incident, and his state of mind has worsened since he was
tasked with selling his racehorses to raise money to pay for his spiralling
legal fees.
Azzie also said Pistorius, who is out on bail, regularly talks about
Steenkamp as he awaits his next court appearance on 4 June.
"He just always seems to mention Reeva and to ask us to pray for her
and her family," Azzie said.
"But most of all, you've got to understand that we are there for him
and we will always be his friend.
"He has no confidence in his tone of voice and he is just a man that is
almost like someone that is walking around in circles and doesn't know where he
is going.
Plea bargain
"I would say that, just speaking to him, that he is a broken man and
that I would go as far to say that he would be on the verge of suicide. It
really worries me."
According to the documentary makers, Mentorn Media, police in Johannesburg
said they have requested all records of phone calls and messages exchanged
between Pistorius and Steenkamp on the day she was killed.
Officers added they were also sifting through a "massive" number
of texts on Steenkamp's phone, producers said.
There are no plans for police to enter into a plea bargain with Pistorius's
legal team for a lesser charge, the show's makers claimed.
The documentary, which airs on Monday, also shows Steenkamp's close friend Gina
Myers taking the cameras into her bedroom as she recalls the last time they
were together.
She said: "I was doing my hair and she was getting ready for a meeting
and I was getting ready to go to work.
"And when she left she told me I was going to be awesome and that she loved
me and then I ran out and then I gave her a hug and she left."
