The Trial of Oscar Pistorius

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In 2014 Audrey Brown told the dramatic story of the trial of the athlete Oscar Pistorius After becoming a Paralympics champion, Oscar Pistorius rose to fame as the first double amputee to compete in the Olympics. He became a hero to millions – until the fateful night when he shot dead his girlfriend, the model Reeva Steenkamp. His trial featured high tension and dramatic twists and turns. In often highly emotional testimony, Pistorius tried to convince the court that he shot Reeva Steenkamp by mistake, thinking she was a burglar. Prosecuting barrister Gerrie Nel subjected the athlete to merciless cross-examination as he attempted to prove that Pistorius was a man with a love of guns and an uncontrolled temper. This is the story of a trial which gripped the attention of South Africa and the wider world. Picture: Oscar Pistorius leaves North Gauteng High Court on 12 September, 2014 in Pretoria, South Africa, Credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

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0:00.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
0:05.0	The former Paralympic champion Oscar Historious has been granted parole from jail,
0:10.0	nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Rivostian camp.
0:14.4	In 2014, Audrey Brown told the dramatic story of his trial.
0:18.9	He's another chance to hear it.
0:21.2	A year and a half after he shot and killed his girlfriend, athlete Oscar Pastuarius
0:27.2	stood before a South African court to discover his fate.
0:31.6	Mr. Pissorius, please stand up.
0:34.0	Having regard to the totality of this evidence, in this matter, the unanimous decision of this
0:42.3	court is the following one. The accused is found not guilty and is discharged.
0:44.0	One. On count one,
0:47.0	murder read, the accused is found not guilty and is
0:55.0	instead he is found guilty of culpable homicide.
1:00.0	But how did it come to this? I'm Audrey Brown and over the next hour I'll be telling the story of the trial of Oscar Pistorius.
1:10.0	Time magazine hailed Pistorius as the definition of global inspiration and one of the world's 100 most influential people.
1:20.0	They called him the Blade Runner and his face was on a billboard in New York's Times Square.
1:26.0	There seemed to be no limit to his glory, which began at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008 where he won three gold medals.
1:35.6	Everybody in the Bird's Nest, watching Oscar Pistorius, this could be very special indeed.
1:41.2	Oscar Pistorius is champion 4751.
1:45.0	Oh my goodness.
1:47.0	Is there ever an athlete now in the past or in the future quite like this man.
1:55.0	Oscar Pistoria.
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