Video: Oscar Pistorius breaks down in court as charged with murder Pistorius was formally charged at Pretoria Magistrate's Court with one count of murder after his 30-year-old girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was shot multiple times and died at Pistorius' upmarket home early on Thursday morning. Prosecutors said in court it was premeditated murder, indicating the prosecution would file that more serious charge, upgraded from murder. They said they would argue the history-making Olympic athlete - the first amputee to run at the games - had planned the killing of Ms Steenkamp, a model with a law degree, who campaigned against rape and violence against women. It sent South Africans reeling further as their national hero, and a global role model in overcoming adversity, was set to face accusations that he intentionally gunned down his girlfriend. The chief magistrate delayed Pistorius' bail hearing until next Tuesday and Wednesday and ruled that Pistorius would be held at a police station in Pretoria until then. Police have said they oppose the granting of bail. Following the hearing, Pistorius' family and his London management company issued a statement calling into question the criminal charge the 26-year-old athlete faces. "The alleged murder is disputed in the strongest terms," the statement read, but did not elaborate.