Pistorius judge rejects charge of premeditated murder

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has rejected the charge of premeditated murder against the athlete.

Athlete Oscar Pistorius has been cleared of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Judge Thokozile Masipa said there was insufficient evidence to support the prosecution’s claim that the double-amputee intended to kill his model girlfriend at his home in the early hours of February 14, 2013.