{"id":68718,"date":"2014-09-11T12:56:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T10:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=68718"},"modified":"2014-09-11T12:56:35","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T10:56:35","slug":"four-observations-revealed-oscar-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/09\/11\/four-observations-revealed-oscar-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Four observations revealed about Oscar during his trial"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0His love for guns<\/strong><\/div>\n
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During his trial it was revealed that Pistorius had a love for firearms. In 2013 a South African gun collectors\u2019 club official, where\u00a0Pistorius\u00a0was a member, revealed to a number of media houses how he steadily became an avid collector of firearms during his Olympic year.<\/p>\n

Crying and vomiting in court<\/strong><\/p>

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Pistorius cried and retched a number of times during the trial. The one event that made headlines is when he broke down after being shown\u00a0Reeva Steenkamp\u2019s\u00a0bloodied head by state prosecutor Gerrie Nel in court.<\/p>\n

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Oscar Pistorius is seen crying. Photo: The Citizen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He has a spiritual side<\/strong><\/p>

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On July 15 Pistorius took to Twitter and showed the world his spiritual side by tweeting the following:<\/p>\n

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One of his spiritual tweets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

*Selling three of his houses:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since the trial started Pistorius has sold three of his houses.<\/p>\n

The house where Reeva Steenkamp was shot was sold at R4.5m to a Boksburg resident. His other Pretoria based homes were both sold at about R1m each.<\/p>\n

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