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"The prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius bail hearing has again argued today (February 22) that the athlete should be denied bail. The Paralympian has been accused of the premeditated murder of model Reeva Steenkamp after she was found shot dead at his Pretoria home in the early hours of February 14.  Today marked the fourth day of the bail hearing, and began with prosecuting lawyer Gerrie Nel again criticising Pistorius for choosing to give a written affidavit, rather than give verbal testimony and be questioned. He added that the athlete&amp;#039;s insistence that he did nothing wrong and desire to carry on with his life as normal made it more likely that he would flee the country. Nel returned to the evidence of the location of the gun and mobile phone, casting doubt on Pistorius&amp;#039;s version of events despite former lead investigating officer Hilton Botha&amp;#039;s concessions on some evidence. He said that the presence of three bullet casings in the bathroom meant that Pistorius must have been in there when the shots were fired. Nel said that Steenkamp was shot through her shorts, meaning that she was probably not going to toilet when the bullet was fired.  The prosecutor added that Steenkamp would have said something when Pistorius shouted that there was an intruder. He suggested that the couple would have seen each other when he returned from the balcony to get a fan and she went to the bathroom. Nel said that Pistorius planned to kill his girlfriend on the night after Steenkamp locked herself in the toilet room after a fight with Pistorius, or on seeing his gun. The prosecutor said that the Paralympian planned to tell the authorities that he thought she was an intruder after killing her. Nel noted that Pistorius&amp;#039;s wealth meant that he could pay any bail sum, while South Africa does not have extradition agreements with every nation where he might flee. He added that Pistorius would escape imprisonment if he fled, and should not be afforded special treatment because of his fame or disability.  Nel gave the example of Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape but is currently a fugitive in London&amp;#039;s Ecuadorian embassy. After a short break, responding arguments were made by defence lawyer Barry Roux. Roux argued that had Pistorius thought there was a burglar in the toilet, even if he intended on killing him, that intent could not be transferred to the intentional killing of Steenkamp. He added that even if his client did act outside acceptable remits in shooting a presumed intruder, the prosecution should be pursuing a charge of culpable homicide, rather than premeditated murder. Under questioning from magistrate Demond Nair, Roux said that Pistorius &amp;quot;firing blindly&amp;quot; into the toilet would not equate to premeditated murder. The defence lawyer said that Botha&amp;#039;s acceptance that the evidence did not contradict Pistorius&amp;#039;s version of events was a &amp;quot;major concession&amp;quot;. He also said that Pistorius&amp;#039;s disability meant that he was not a flight risk, as his prostheses causes attention at airport security and his leg stumps require frequent medical attention. As the defence rested, Nair said that he would rule on bail at 2.30pm local time (12.30pm in the UK). Oscar Pistorius - photo gallery:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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