Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes.’ The trial was late in starting. More than a half-hour after the trial was to start, the judge had yet to arrive. Ms Steenkamp was shot three times through a locked bathroom door at Pistorius's home in Pretoria on Valentine's Day 2013. The former golden boy of South African athletics, who was arrested shortly afterwards, maintains his innocence and says he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder.……
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A woman has been left scarred for life after a botched eye lift burnt her eyelids .
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Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
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