Pistorius trial hears texts from murdered Reeva Steenkamp: ‘I’m scared of you sometimes’

The jury of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial has heard text messages sent to the athlete from late girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in which she writes: ‘I’m scared of you sometimes.’

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by Fiona Day |
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The court heard the texts, which read: ‘I'm scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me.’

The texts were read out by police Capt. Francois Moller and he reportedly said in court that 90% of the messages extracted from the couple’s mobile phones were ‘normal and loving exchanges.’

Though one of the other texts from the South African model read: ‘We are living in a double standard relationship. Every five seconds I hear about how you dated another chick. You really have dated a lot of people yet you get upset if I mention one funny story with a long-term boyfriend.’

Texts from Oscar were read out in court
Texts from Oscar were read out in court

Another said: ‘I regard myself as a lady and I didn't feel like one tonight after the way u treated me when we left. I am trying my best to make u happy and I feel as tho u sometimes never are no matter the effort I put in. I can’t be attacked by outsider for dating u and be attacked by you the person I deserve protection from.’

Texts send from Oscar were also read out in court: ‘I want to talk to you. I want to sort this out,’ one read. ‘I don’t want to have anything less than amazing for you and I’m sorry for the things I saw without thinking and for taking offense to some of your actions.’

Oscar is accused of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Another message read: ‘I was upset you that you just left me after we got food to go talk to a guy and I was standing right behind you watching you touch his arm and ignore me and when I spoke up you introduced me which you could’ve done but when I left you just kept on chatting to him when clearly I was upset.’

27-year-old Pistorius is accused of killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.

The athlete claims he mistook the model for an intruder.

The trial continues.

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