Oscar Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame after a pistol was accidentally fired in a restaurant in Johannesburg weeks before the double-amputee runner fatally shot his girlfriend, a witness told the Pistorius murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame after a pistol was accidentally fired in a Johannesburg restaurant, weeks before the double-amputee runner fatally shot his girlfriend, a witness has told Pistorius’ murder trial.

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