'Broken' Pistorius 'on verge of suicide' as he sells up to pay legal fees

'Broken' Pistorius 'on verge of suicide' as he sells up to pay legal fees
Published: 2013 March 11 07:09:37 (6295 Views)
A friend of Oscar Pistorius has said the Paralympic star is "on the verge of suicide" following the incident last month in which he was charged with the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Mike Azzie, said the sportsman was a "broken man" after he was tasked with selling his racehorses to raise money to pay for spiralling legal fees.

Pistorius has already racked up a £200,000 legal bill and besides his selling shares in one of his race horses, Tiger Canyon, he is apparently trying to sell other property.

Speaking in a BBC3 documentary, Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened? to be broadcast on Monday night, Azzie said Pistorius regularly talks about Steenkamp.

"He just always seems to mention Reeva and to ask us to pray for her and her family," he added.

"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.

"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' legal team for a lesser charge, the show's makers claimed.

- Guardian
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Anonymous user 2013 March 28 13:04:03
he should face the music no one is above the law if it was just an ordinary black man in his position he would be facing a life sentence so i believe justice should not be accorded in terms of your status or your present value financially god created reeva and pistorius did not have a right to take her away it doesnt need rocket science to prove that he is guilty deep down the judge himself knows that as for him racing i find it uttermost hypocrisy for any call up that he will receive

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