Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was yesterday convicted of culpable homicide — the equivalent Irish legal term is manslaughter — escaping the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and will now battle to avoid going to prison.

Lesotho’s military has seized and disarmed two police stations in the mountainous kingdom in an effort to secure the country, the defence force spokesman said.

Oscar Pistorius buried his head in his hands and wiped away tears after a South African court heard grisly details of the killing of his girlfriend, the first sign of emotion from the track star in his murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius buried his head in his hands and wiped away tears after a South African court heard grisly details of the killing of his girlfriend, the first sign of emotion from the track star in his murder trial.

The lawyer for Oscar Pistorius has questioned the evidence given by his neighbour in his murder trial.

South African prosecutors pressing a murder charge against Oscar Pistorius secured a meeting with Apple officials in the US over accessing potentially crucial evidence on the double-amputee athlete’s locked iPhone, they said.

South African prosecutors who have accused Oscar Pistorius of murder now admit he may not have had his prostheses on when he fired the shots that killed his girlfriend, removing a key argument for premeditation.

South Africa’s government has been confronted with a new and chilling allegation about the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial. He was reportedly accused of murder 10 years ago.

South Africa’s police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was apparently filmed being handcuffed to the back of a police van and dragged along the ground.