Oscar Pistorius Formally Charged With Murdering Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Trial Date set For March

The 26-year-old Paralympian from South Africa appeared before a Pretoria magistrates court today and was formally charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The trial has been set to run from March 3 to March 20 next year at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

At the trial the prosecution will present 107 witnesses, some of whom allegedly heard a woman scream, followed by 'moments of silence, then heard gunshots and then more screaming', the indictment says.

The state's witnesses will include Ms Steenkamp's close friends Desiree, Gina and Kim Myers, as well as Pistorius' sister Aimee and his uncle Arnold.

If convicted, Pistorius faces a life sentence with a minimum of 25 years in prison.

Graphic Photos: Where Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Shot His Girlfriend Dead

 Pistorius' house in Pretoria

The blood-spattered bathroom where Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius has emerged for the first time.

The graphic pictures show inside the Paralympian sprinter's house in Pretoria, South Africa, where Miss Steenkamp was killed in the early hours of Valentine's Day.

Pools of blood cover the toilet and floor of the room, with police tape marking the holes where bullets flew through the bathroom door, which is missing a panel.

Oscar admits he shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp on February 14 ... but insists it was an accident. See the photos from the murder scene after cut....