JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius will stand in a Pretoria dock on Monday to face a charge of murdering his girlfriend, opening the decisive chapter in the story of the rise and fall of one of the world's most recognisable athletes.
Barring a last-minute change of heart, the 27-year-old South African will enter a plea of "not guilty", repeating his bail hearing assertions that he killed model Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013 after tragically mistaking her for an intruder hiding in the toilet.