From inspirational hero to despised killer – the life story of Oscar Pistorius, who used his anger to overcome every challenge before him… but ultimately allowed it to destroy him

Oscar Pistorius wept over his girlfriend’s body moments after he shot her through a bathroom door in his plush Pretoria mansion in the early hours of Valentine’s Day. 

Model Reeva Steenkamp was just 29 when her boyfriend, known the world over as The Blade Runner, shot her three times with ‘black talon’ rounds, designed to cause irreparable damage to unfortunate victims, in 2013. 

Pistorius, a known gun enthusiast with an apparent paranoid streak, was given more than 13 years in prison, but…