Olympic Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius Breaks Down In Court.

The Paralympic superstar held his head in his hands as one count of murder was read out to him in Pretoria Magistrates' Court this morning. He did not enter a plea to the charge that he killed FHM cover girl Reeva Steenkamp, 29, in the early hours of Valentine's Day, but his family later said he disputed the allegation 'in the strongest terms. The celebrated runner began sobbing, covering his face with his hands, as the charge against him was read out. While, under South African law, there is only a charge of murder, anyone committed of a murder that has an element of pre-planning faces an automatic life sentence, unless the court can find an exceptional reason not to grant life. If Pistorius is sent to prison for 'life', that, in a South African context, would mean that he will spend at least 25 years in prison. He would not be eligible for parole until he is 51. How sad all his dreams cut short or evaporated like vapour.