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In a macabre coincidence, his next court appearance will fall on the same day that his slain lover would have turned 30/FILE

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Pistorius hearing postponed to August 19‎

Her mother June told Britain’s Channel 5 the couple had had disputes.

“We’ve been fighting, we’ve been fighting a lot,” Reeva once said in a phone call, June Steenkamp remembered.

“She must have been so afraid in the toilet and somebody is firing bullets through the door. And already one bullet had hit her so she must have been in severe pain also,” said Steenkamp.

“We don’t know what happened. There’s only one person that knows what happened.”

The case is bound to be one of the country’s most sensational trials, similar to that of American footballer and actor O.J. Simpson who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife in 1994.

Courts in South Africa, one of the world’s most violent countries, have a huge backlog of rape and murder cases. But some observers have suggested that Pistorius may get preferential treatment and a possible fast-tracking of his case.

The Johannesburg-born Paralympic champion became an inspirational hero to millions as the first double amputee to compete against able-bodied competitors at the London Olympics last year.

He was born without fibulae and both his legs were amputated when he was 11 months. His athletic prowess with his trademark blades would later earn him nicknames like “the fastest man on no legs”.

Since the killing, details emerged of his rocky private life of rash behaviour, beautiful women, guns and fast cars, though his family says he has taken solace in the church.

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