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<b>--SUPERS</b>--</p><p>:26-:41</p><p>CNN Exclusive (Prefonted)</p><br /><br /><p>
<b>--LEAD IN</b>--</p><p>ALL OF SOUTH AFRICA AND MUCH OF THE WORLD ARE ZEROING IN ON A COURTROOM IN PRETORIA -- WHERE PARALYMPIC TRACK STAR OSCAR PISTORIUS IS NOW ON TRIAL FOR KILLING HIS GIRLRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP.</p><p>THE FIRST WITNESS TOOK THE STAND ON MONDAY -- AND AS ROBYN CURNOW REPORTS -- SOME OF THE TESTIMONY WAS RIVETING.</p><br /><p>
<b>--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS</b>--</p><p>WITH HUNDREDS OF REPORTERS AND CAMERAS WAITING -- AND PARTS OF THE SO-CALLED "TRIAL OF THE CENTURY" CARRIED LIVE ON T-V -- A FIRST FOR SOUTH AFRICA -- OSCAR PISTORIUS ARRIVED FOR DAY ONE OF HIS MURDER TRIAL. </p><p>"In the district of Pretoria the accused unlawfully and intentionally killed a person, to whit, Reeva steenkamp."</p><p>Judge: "Do you understand the charges, Mr. Pistorius?" </p><p>Pistorius: "I do my lady."</p><p>Judge: "How do you plead?"</p><p>Pistorius: "Not guilty my lady."</p><p>THE AMPUTEE TRACK STAR IS ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND, REEVA STEENKAMP ON VALENTINE'S DAY LAST YEAR IN HIS HOME.</p><p>PISTORIUS SAYS HE MISTOOK STEENKAMP FOR A BURGLAR -- BUT PROSECUTORS MAINTAIN HE KILLED THE YOUNG MODEL IN COLD BLOOD -- FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT.</p><p>"I respectfully state that no truthful evidence can ever be tendered that I fired the shots and I quote because of the argument unquote I deny this allegation in the strongest terms because there was no argument."//BUTT TOO//"the allegation that I wanted to shoot or kill Reeva cannot be further from the truth." </p><p>PISTORIUS' LAWYERS ALSO REVEALED A KEY PART OF THEIR CASE -- ALLEGING SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE BOTCHED THE INVESTIGATION.</p><p>"It will also be demonstrated during this trial whilst the investigating officer while tasked with preserving the scene, that the scene was contaminated, disturbed and tampered with."</p><p>MEMBERS OF STEENKAMP'S FAMILY WERE INSIDE THE COURTROOM -- WHERE THEY HEARD CHILLING TESTIMONY FROM THE FIRST WITNESS -- A NEIGHBOR WHO SAYS ON THE NIGHT OF STEENKAMP'S DEATH -- SHE WAS AWAKEN BY TERRIBLE SCREAMS COMING FROM PISTORIUS' HOME.</p><p>"She screamed terribly and she yelled for help."//BUTT TOO//"Then I also heard a man screaming for help. Three times he yelled for help."</p><p>ONLY THE AUDIO OF the neighbor's TESTIMONY WAS BROADCAST -- BUT HOW SHE DESCRIBED THE SHOOTING COULD PROVE KEY TO THE PROSECUTION'S CASE.</p><p>"Just after her screams I heard four shots. It was four gun shots that I heard. The time between the first and the fourth shot was much longer than between the second and the third one."//BUTT TOO//"bang... bang-bang... bang."</p><p>
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</p><p>BLADE RUNNER OLYMPICS GIRLFRIEND GUN CHARGES SHOOTING MURDER OSCAR PISTORIUS</p>
