Oscar
Pistorius says he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a
robber. Chief magistrate Desmond Nair saw
differently. Nair ruled that Pistorius
will be prosecuted under the charge of premeditated murder.
The
double amputee said in an affidavit read by his lawyer at his bail hearing
Tuesday that he felt vulnerable because he did not have on his prosthetic legs
when he pumped bullets into the locked bathroom door.
Then he
realized that model Reeva Steenkamp was not in his bed. He says "It filled
me with horror and fear."
He put on
his legs, then smashed the bathroom door down with a cricket bat to find
Steenkamp shot inside.
Pistorius
says "she died in my arms."
