'I'm scared of you,' Steenkamp told Pistorius in text message


Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius (L) leaves after his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

PRETORIA (Reuters) - Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, said she was scared of the South African track star in a text message sent less than three weeks before he shot her dead, a police expert told his murder trial on Monday.

The Olympic and Paralympic athlete is on trial for the murder of 29-year-old model and law graduate Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.

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