Pistorius seeks bail as prosecutor says he is a flight risk Oscar Pistorius appears on day three of his bail hearing. Oscar Pistorius resumed his fight to win bail after a South African prosecutor said the double amputee track champion presents a flight risk before he stands trial for the murder of his girlfriend. Magistrate Desmond Nair adjourned the hearing minutes after it started and asked that lead police investigator Hilton Botha appear in court. Botha is facing attempted murder charges relating to a incident in 2011 when he and two others shot at a minibus taxi carrying seven people that they were trying to stop, police spokesman Neville Malila said today by phone. Pistorius, 26, is appearing in the Pretoria magistrate's court for a third day. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel yesterday sought to uncover flaws in his account of how he shot Reeva Steenkamp, 29, through a toilet door at his home at about 3 a.m. on Valentine's Day, believing her to be a burglar. Surrounded by family and friends, Pistorius has hung his head and cried for periods throughout the hearings. If convicted of the charge of premeditated murder, Pistorius, dubbed the "Blade Runner" because of his prosthetic running blades, faces a maximum term of life in prison, according to Nair. The prosecution will add a charge of possession of unlicensed ammunition, Nel said, after Botha found .38 caliber ammunition in a safe at his home. The bullets belong to Pistorius's father, defense attorney Barry Roux said. Not Testosterone The prosecution backtracked on Botha's testimony that testosterone was found at Pistorius's home. Under cross examination by Roux, Botha said he didn't know what the substance was and that it had to be tested. National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Medupe Simasiku said in a text message late yesterday that it was not testosterone and he didn't know its name. Botha also conceded that Pistorius's account of the events wasn't inconsistent with the evidence. Pistorius's family rejected suggestions that he had used banned drugs. "Oscar was not using any drugs listed on the World Anti- Doping Agency banned substances, usage of which would ban him from competing in athletics competitions," his uncle, Arnold Pistorius, said late yesterday in a statement. Drug Tests Drug tests carried out on Pistorius by the International Paralympic Committee on Aug. 25 and during the Paralympic Games on Sept. 8 were negative, a spokeswoman for the Bonn-based organization said yesterday in a phone interview. She declined to identify herself in line with the IPC's policy. The runner and his model girlfriend had argued between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. on the morning of the shooting, Botha said in court, citing a witness. The witness was about 600 meters (650 yards) away and didn't identify Pistorius and Steenkamp as those speaking, he said. Under cross examination, Botha changed his estimate of the distance to close to 300 meters. The lights in the house were on when another witness heard gun shots, followed by screams and another two or three shots, Botha said. Because of the layout of the bathroom, the shots fired couldn't have hit Steenkamp where she was sitting if he had been shooting through the toilet door as Pistorius testified, Nel said. "If you walk in directly and fire at the door, you miss the toilet," Nel said. Pistorius's shots hit Steenkamp above the ear, the right elbow and the right hip, Botha said. Yoga Exercises Pistorius said in an affidavit read out in court on Feb. 18 that Steenkamp was doing yoga exercises and he was watching TV on his bed on the night of the shooting. In the early hours of the morning, Pistorius went to get a fan on his bedroom balcony and heard a noise in the bathroom, he said. He picked up his 9 mm pistol because he thought Steenkamp was in bed and an intruder had entered though an open window. Walking on his stumps, he shot through the door, thinking he was in "grave danger," Pistorius said. Pistorius said he broke through the door with a cricket bat after realizing it may have been Steenkamp, his girlfriend of three months, and carried her body downstairs to seek help. Police found a blood-spattered cricket bat by the sink, Botha said. The position of the bullet holes indicates Pistorius was shooting in a downward trajectory, suggesting he had already put on his prosthetic limbs, Botha said. While Pistorius said yesterday he was wary of burglars because he had previously been the victim of crime, he had never reported any incidents, Botha said. Flight Risk The state considers Pistorius a flight risk and opposes bail, Botha said. The athlete's family said in a statement that his "iconic status internationally" made it highly unlikely that he poses such a risk. Pistorius earns 5.6 million rand ($630,000) a year, has investments of 1 million rand and property worth more than 8 million rand, according to his affidavit. Pistorius, who was born without fibulas and had both legs amputated below the knee at 11 months old, won six Paralympic gold medals. Steenkamp got a degree in law from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and was a model and television presenter, according to her publicist, Sarit Tomlinson. Nike Reaction Nike Inc., the world's largest sporting-goods company, and eyewear maker Oakley Inc. are among sponsors to have distanced themselves from Pistorius. Luxottica Group SpA's Oakley said in a e-mailed statement two days ago that it suspended its contract with him "effective immediately." Clarins SA's Thierry Mugler perfume brand said on Twitter that it was "removing all campaigns featuring Oscar Pistorius, out of respect and sympathy to families involved in the tragedy." "Nike has suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius," Seruscka Naidoo, a South African spokeswoman for the company, said in an e-mailed statement today. We believe Oscar Pistorius should be afforded due process and we will continue to monitor the situation closely.