Olympic star Oscar Pistorius has arrived at court where he is charged with the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Lawyers for the athlete, who was being held at Boshkop police station in Pretoria, are expected to apply for bail at the hearing.
However, police have said that they will oppose the application.
The body of Miss Steenkamp, a top South African model, was discovered at the athlete’s property in the Silver Woods gated community in eastern Pretoria on Thursday morning.
She had been shot four times. A 9mm pistol was found at the scene.
Local media has reported that she was shot through a bathroom door.
Pistorius, 26, spent the night in custody and was subject to blood-alcohol, DNA and other tests, as forensics experts continued to work at the crime scene at his home in an upmarket gated estate.
His lawyer Kenny Oldwage said his client was “very well, obviously emotional, but fine”.
Police were called to Pistorius’s home at around 4am on Thursday by neighbours who heard gunshots. He is the only suspect in the case.
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