Olympic star Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears in the dock yesterday as he was charged with the Valentine’s Day murder of his model girlfriend, a charge he denied “in the strongest terms.”u00a0The 26-year-old South African Paralympian gold medallist sobbed inconsolably as Pretoria magistrate Desmond Nair announced a single charge of killing his lover, blonde covergirl Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius hides his face in his hands in a Pretoria court yesterday during a hearing on charges of murdering his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day. Pic/AFP