At the 2012 London Olympics before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes
it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 second become a global icon
His sprint around the 400m trak was the first time in history that a double-amputee had raced at the Olympic games,The race capped an Olympian triumph over adversity for Pistorius ,His journey
from disabled child to world class athlete seemed to embody the very best of sporting endeavour and the human spirit .Hten on Valentine 's Day 2013 his achievements were just as quickly demolished.
In the early hours of the morning at his Pretoria home he shot and killed his 29 year girlfriend
Reeva Steenkamp,apparently believing her to be an intruder,For the last seven plus months he has
sat in a windowless courtroom an like King Canute watched as his world was washed away.
His sparking career was cut short,sponsors dumped him ,he was forced to sell his home amid mounting legal bills,he was found guilty of culpable homicide and now he faces a maximum five
years jail'A man once dubbed the "SexiestMan Alive"Sobbed ,shook and vomited in the dock as
details of his lover's brutal death were examined in excruciating detail during his trial while the eyes of the world were transfixed.
The "Blade Runner"-an epihet earned for his trademark prosthetic legs that powered him to fame
-became the "Blade Gunner"
"He is not only broke ,but he is broken there is nothing left"Lawyer Barry Roux told his sentencing
Time and again during his trial the court was told about "two Oscars"-one a hero the other a victim
Two years later he was accused of firing a gun through the sunroof of an ex-girlfriend 's moving car,although Judge Thokozile Masipa found there was not enough evidence to convict him on the charge,Weeks before he shot Steenkamp,he discharged a gun by accident at a Johannesburg retaurant.
Oscar is not what people think he is ex-lover and trial witness Samantha Taylor said .
Pitorius has been long open about his love gun.The sprinter slept with a pistol under his bed at his upmarket home in a high security.
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