Images of Oscar Pistorius showing off his shooting skills by blasting a watermelon to smithereens emerged today on the eve of his murder trial.
Video footage and still pictures of the Paralympian on a shooting range show him taking careful aim with the same silver 9mm pistol with which he shot his lover Reeva Steenkamp just months later.
The material surfaced on Sky News three days before the Blade Runner answers charges of deliberately gunning down his model girlfriend by firing through a locked bathroom door four times on Valentine’s Day last year.
Prosecutors say the shooting followed an explosive argument.
But the 27-year-old double amputee denies murder and claims to have mistakenly believed there was a dangerous intruder in his Pretoria home.
The fresh footage shows Pistorius - well-known for his love of weapons - using the pistol and a shotgun during a group target practice.
Also present on the range is his grinning friend Springbok rugby player Francois Hougaard who became the subject of claims of a jealous love triangle after being romantically linked with Miss Steenkamp, 29.
After destroying the watermelon amid enthusiastic cheers and laughter from the others, a voice which sounds like Pistorius is heard to comment: “It’s a lot softer than brains but f*** it’s like a zombie stopper.”
Pistorius’s confidence, speed and ease in handling firearms and his prowess as an experienced marksman is abundantly evident from the images.
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