The attorney for Oscar Pistorius' family said today that the
Olympian's brother is facing a culpable homicide charge relating to a 2008 road
accident in which a motorcyclist was killed.
Carl Pistorius, who sat behind his younger brother, Oscar,
every day at his bail hearing, will now face his own homicide trial for the
accident five years ago, which his attorney, Kenny Oldwage, said he
"deeply regrets."
Carl Pistorius is charged with culpable homicide, which
refers to the unlawful negligent killing of another person. The charges were
initially dropped, but were later reinstated, Oldwage said in a statement.
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Pistorius quietly appeared in court on Thursday, one day
before his Paralympic gold-medalist brother was released on bail, Oldwage said.
His next appearance is scheduled for the end of March.
It was the latest twist in a case that has drawn
international attention, after 26-year-old Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee
who ran in both the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, was charged with the
premeditated murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
On Saturday, Carl Pistorius' Twitter handle was hacked,
according to a family spokeswoman, prompting the Pistorius family to cancel
their social media accounts.
Steenkamp's parents speak about the Valentine's Day shooting
that ended their daughter's life in a sit-down interview on South African
television tonight.
On Saturday, the model's father, Barry Steenkamp, told the
Afrikaans-language Beeld newspaper that Pistorius will have to "live with
his conscience" and will "suffer" if his story that he shot
Steenkamp because he believed she was an intruder is false.
After a four-day long bail hearing, Pistorius was granted bail Friday by a South African magistrate.
The court set bail at about $113,000 (1 million rand) and June 4 as the date for Pistorius' next court appearance.
Pistoriuis is believed to be staying at his uncle's house as he awaits trial. As part of his bail conditions, Pistorius must give up all his guns, he cannot drink alcohol or return to the home where the shooting occurred, and he must check in with a police department twice a week.
The court set bail at about $113,000 (1 million rand) and June 4 as the date for Pistorius' next court appearance.
Pistoriuis is believed to be staying at his uncle's house as he awaits trial. As part of his bail conditions, Pistorius must give up all his guns, he cannot drink alcohol or return to the home where the shooting occurred, and he must check in with a police department twice a week.
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