Pistorius tweets thanks on first day out on bail

February 23, 2013 22:57

South African Paralympic icon and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius today said he was thankful for prayers offered to his family and that of his slain girlfriend, a day after he was freed on bail.

"Thank-you to every person that has prayed for both families, Osca" read a tweet posted by his brother Carl, in the track star's first public reaction, outside of his court appearances, since his arrest for the Valentine's Day killing of Reeva Steenkamp. The Olympic "Blade Runner" was spending his first day out on bail with his family pending trial for the killing of his lover.

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