When he went on trial on 3 March 2014 in Pretoria, Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius was to face four charges: murder and three separate counts on the contravention of the Firearms Control Act. Signed by the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions for Gauteng North, Advocate GD Baloyi, the sheet contained details of the charges against Oscar and alternative charges on which he could be convicted: COUNT 1: MURDER – READ WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 51(1) OF ACT 105 OF 1997 In that upon or about 14 February 2013 and at or near 286 Bushwillow Street, Silverwoods Country Estate, Silver Lakes in the District of Pretoria the accused did unlawfully and intentionally kill a person, to wit, REEVA STEENKAMP, a 29 year old female. COUNT 2: CONTRAVENTIONS OF SECTION 120(7) OF THE FIREARMS CONTROL ACT NO. 60 OF 2000 In that on or about 30 September 2010 and whilst travelling in a vehicle with other passengers, on a public road at or near Modderfontein, in the district of Kempton Park the accused did unlawfully discharge a firearm without good reason to do so, by firing a shot with his own 9 mm pistol through the open sunroof of the car they were travelling in.
