Steenkamp text message outlines how she was 'scared' of Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius’s girlfriend told the athlete she was sometimes scared of him and complained about what she described as his short temper and jealousy in the weeks before he killed her, according to phone messages revealed at the Olympian’s murder trial.

Steenkamp text message outlines how she was 'scared' of Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius’s girlfriend told the athlete she was sometimes scared of him and complained about what she described as his short temper and jealousy in the weeks before he killed her, according to phone messages revealed at the Olympian’s murder trial.

“I can’t be attacked by outsiders for dating u AND be attacked by you, the one person I deserve protection from,” Reeva Steenkamp wrote to Pistorius.

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