Oscar Pistorius will be charged with premeditated murder on Monday and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead his girlfriend, prosecutors said.

Oscar Pistorius will be charged with premeditated murder on Monday and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead his girlfriend, prosecutors said.

Oscar Pistorius’s family says it is “extremely concerned” about police testimony at yesterday’s court hearing as it emerged the investigating officer made an error in his court testimony when he identified a substance found in the athlete’s bedroom as testosterone, the national prosecutor said.