Pistorius' bail ruling postponed again

 　　PRETORIA, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The second day of paralympian Oscar Pistorius' bail¹ hearing ended on Wednesday without a court ruling on his application.

　　Magistrate² Desmond Nair ruled that Pistorius would remain in custody³ again at the Brooklyn police station holding cells until Thursday. That will be Pistorius' seventh night in police cells since he was arrested on February 14.

　　During Wednesday's hearing, investigating officer Hilton Botha testified that Pistorius knew he was firing at his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp the night she was killed in his house.

　　"I believe he knew she was in the bathroom and he shot four shots in the bathroom and killed her," Botha told the court.

　　In an affidavit⁴ on Tuesday, Pistorius said he thought he was firing shots at an intruder in the bathroom in his Pretoria home on February 14. Pistorius is charged with premeditatedly murdering his girl friend Reeva Steenkamp, a crime for which bail is granted under exceptional circumstances. But the double amputee denies the charge "in the strongest terms".

　　Botha also testified that they have found a box of the male hormone⁵ testosterone and hypodermic needles at Pistorius's home. But Pistorius' defence lawyer Barry Roux said the testosterone was a herbal remedy and was not banned.

　　Roux accused the police of contaminating the scene while investigating the shooting without protected shoe covers.

　　Botha said he should have worn them, "but they were not around".

　　The court also heard a witness statement that there was non- stop fighting at Pistorius's home on the morning when Steenkamp was shot dead.

　　Roux said witnesses could not say it was Pistorius who was heard arguing and one of the residents who gave a statement about screaming lived 600m away.

　　It was only Pistorius who was screaming the night he shot Steenkamp, Roux said.

　　Botha said police still needed to measure the distance.

　　Asked whether he opposed bail for Pistorius, state prosecutor⁶ Gerrie Nel said: "Yes, because he is a flight risk".

　　Pistorius was suspected of having a house in Italy. Prosecutors⁷ fear that once granted bail, he could escape.

　　But Roux denied that Pistorius had a house in Italy but did have a bank account in Carolina, the U.S.

1 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

2 magistrate   

n.地方行政官，地方法官，治安官

参考例句：

• The magistrate committed him to prison for a month.法官判处他一个月监禁。
• John was fined 1000 dollars by the magistrate.约翰被地方法官罚款1000美元。

3 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

4 affidavit   

n.宣誓书

参考例句：

• I gave an affidavit to the judge about the accident I witnessed.我向法官提交了一份关于我目击的事故的证词。
• The affidavit was formally read to the court.书面证词正式向出席法庭的人宣读了。

5 hormone   

n.荷尔蒙，激素，内分泌

参考例句：

• Hormone implants are used as growth boosters.激素植入物被用作生长辅助剂。
• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body.这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。

6 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

7 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。