At a hearing Monday,
prosecutors indicted Pistorius in the Valentine's day shooting death.
What wasn't immediately clear is whether Pistorius has been charged with
premeditated murder or murder. The former comes with a mandatory
sentence of life behind bars.
Steenkamp would have turned 30 on Monday.
The indictment follows the completion of the police investigation into the case.
The double amputee track
star killed the woman he calls the love of his life in his home. He
denies the murder charge and says he mistook her for a home invader.
The first phase of the
trial will take place in March, but the entire trial could take place at
various times across a year or more because of potential motions and
postponements along the way.
The police investigation team "is convinced that the accused has a charge to answer," a police statement said last week.
The athlete's family said in June that he would resume running using his blade-shaped prosthetic legs.
Pistorius has started sprinting again for the sake of his emotional health, not for training to compete again, the family said.
Michael Steenkamp, the
victim's uncle, said the model's family isn't focusing on Pistorius'
guilt or innocence, and they will not attend any of the related court
proceedings.
The family said it would be spending time together remembering Reev on Monday.
"My wife and myself are
going up to (see) my brother in Port Elizabeth, and we will be there
with (Reeva's parents) on Monday to be there for Reeva's birthday. What
could we do? Bake a cake and you know sit down quietly and reminisce
about the qualities of Reeva's life," he said.
The uncle said his faith has helped him forgive Pistorius.
"If I can't forgive him,
and I have been forgiven, then that is our sin. And I very much asked
the Lord to guide me before I got to Port Elizabeth when the tragedy
happened ... that took a lot of pressure off my shoulders," he said.
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