Blade runner Oscar Pistorius offered his “deepest sympathies” to the family of his dead girlfriend today as he denied her murder in the “strongest terms”.

Blade runner Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears as he appeared in court today accused of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend at his exclusive South African home.

Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius arrived at a court in South Africa today, charged with murdering his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested, reported locally to be Oscar Pistorius, after a 30-year-old woman was fatally shot this morning at the home of the Paralympian.