Read Oscar Pistorius’s Valentine’s Day message of regret over girlfriend he killed

The world-famous South African  paralympian says in his first statement since he shoot and killed his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day last year that it was a “devastating accident” He released the statement on his website and announced with a tweet which reads ”A Few words from my heart”‘

Mr Pistorius, who is known as “Blade Runner” for the carbon-fibre blades he runs on, was arrested on St Valentine’s Day last year after shooting Miss Steenkamp three times through a locked toilet door in his Pretoria home. He claimed he thought she was an intruder. The prosecution say he shot Miss Steenkamp, 29, a law graduate and FHM model, after a row. Mr Pistorius is due to stand trial at Pretoria’s High Court on March 3 for premeditated murder and possession of 38 unlicensed bullets discovered when police searched his home. ——-if you missed the story, read more about it HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE