In other manifestations of his capacity for violence, Pistorius allegedly threatened in November 2012 to "break the legs" of Mark Batchelor, the South African football player whom he believed had slept with his then girlfriend. Batchelor accused the athlete of intimidation, but no charge wa
Date: Sep 12, 2014
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Oscar Pistorius tossed from bar after drunken brawl
Mortimer said Pistorius told him he had been "screwed over" by his friends. Local reports say Mortimer is friends with Mark Batchelor, a soccer star who said Pistorius once threatened his friend, saying he would "break his legs."
Also in court today is Mark Batchelor, a former footballer who told how Pistorius threatened to "break his legs" in a row over his former girlfriend, Samantha Taylor, and her involvement with Batchelor's friend Quinton van den Berg, a television producer.
Prosecutors may try to show a dark side to Pistorius, painting him as angry and prone to violence. Mark Batchelor, the former soccer player, has said that a drunken Pistorius once threatened to break his legs in a disagreement, and his testimony might further erode Pistorius' image.
ccording to the police, Pistorius was also involved in a verbal altercation at a racetrack with the boyfriend of one of his ex-girlfriends in which he threatened to beat the man. Mark Batchelor, a friend of the man, confronted Pistorius later, and the runner threatened to break his legs, Batchelor said.
Date: Mar 06, 2013
Category: World
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Oscar Pistorius is 'numb with shock and grief' – family
The South African footballer Mark Batchelor claimed yesterday in a local paper that Pistorius had threatened his friend the producer Quinton van den Bergh, after he started seeing Pistorius's then girlfriend Samantha Taylor while the athlete was away at the Olympics. Batchelor told the Saturday Star
In November he allegedly threatened to ''break the legs'' of Mark Batchelor, the South African football player whom he believed had slept with his then girlfriend. Batchelor later accused the athlete of intimidation.
Date: Feb 16, 2013
Category: World
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A streak of menace simmered under Oscar Pistorius' placid exterior
Last November, he allegedly threatened to break the legs of Mark Batchelor, the South African football player whom he believed had slept with his then girlfriend. Batchelor later accused the athlete of intimidation, although no charge was ever brought.