{"id":35204,"date":"2013-03-11T11:58:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T09:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=35204"},"modified":"2013-03-11T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T09:58:09","slug":"reeva-steenkamp-murderolympic-hero-oscar-pistorius-lawyers-will-appeal-bail-conditions-africa-news-35204","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/reeva-steenkamp-murderolympic-hero-oscar-pistorius-lawyers-will-appeal-bail-conditions-africa-news-35204\/","title":{"rendered":"Reeva Steenkamp Murder:Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius lawyers will appeal bail conditions \/ Africa News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have appealed against bail restrictions imposed after he was charged with murdering his girlfriend.<\/h1>\n

His representatives argue that\u00a0the double-amputee athlete is not a flight risk and should have the option of travelling outside South Africa as long as he has official permission.<\/p>\n

It comes as a close friend said that the athlete is a “broken man”.<\/p>\n

Pistorius was released on bail on February 22, a week after he was arrested on charges of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.<\/p>\n

He says he mistakenly shot Miss\u00a0Steenkamp, thinking she was an intruder in his home.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors believe he killed her intentionally after an argument.<\/p>\n

His friend Mike Azzie\u00a0says the star is a “broken man”, and his state of mind has worsened since he had to sell his racehorses to raise money to pay his rising legal fees.<\/p>\n

“He has no confidence in his tone of voice and he is just a man that is almost like someone that is walking around in circles and doesn’t know where he is going,” he told a BBC3\u00a0documentary.<\/p>\n

“I would say that, just speaking to him, that he is a broken man and that I would go as far to say that he would be on the verge of suicide. It really worries me.”<\/p>\n

The appeal was filed Friday. A copy of the papers was sent by representatives of the Pistorius family to news agencies on Monday.<\/p>\n\n

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