Paralympic sprint champion Oscar Pistorius is in deep mourning after
killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, but is "certainly not
suicidal", his family has said.
"Oscar, broken as he currently is, believes he has a purpose in life
and is working towards that. Media reports to the contrary are
untrue," said his uncle Arnold Pistorius.
The 26-year-old double amputee was earlier said by a friend to be "on
the verge of suicide" as he fights a charge of premeditated murder for
shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home.
According to a close friend, the sprinter's state of mind had worsened
since he was tasked with selling his racehorses to raise money to pay
for his spiralling legal fees.
"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," the friend Mike Azzie told an upcoming
BBC3 documentary.
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