Oscar Pistorius 'certainly not suicidal': Uncle

March 12, 2013 02:24

Paralympic sprint champion Oscar Pistorius is in deep mourning after killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day, but is "certainly not suicidal", his family has said.

"Oscar, broken as he currently is, believes he has a purpose in life and is working towards that. Media reports to the contrary are untrue," said his uncle Arnold Pistorius.

The 26-year-old double amputee was earlier said by a friend to be "on the verge of suicide" as he fights a charge of premeditated murder for shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp at his Pretoria home.

According to a close friend, the sprinter's state of mind had worsened since he was tasked with selling his racehorses to raise money to pay for his spiralling legal fees.

"I would say that, just speaking to him, that he is a broken man and that I would go as far to say that he would be on the verge of suicide. It really worries me," the friend Mike Azzie told an upcoming BBC3 documentary.

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