Apart from being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius will face two extra charges when he appears in court on 19 August. eNCA reports that Pistorius will face two extra counts of recklessly discharging a firearm in public.

In the first incident at a restaurant in Johannesburg in January, Pistorius accidentally fired a gun shot and almost hit a friend.

In the second incident, driving with friends, he allegedly discharged a gun through the car’s sunroof just moments after being stopped by metro police officers in Gauteng.

Pistorius shot and killed Steenkamp while she was inside a small toilet cubicle in his Pretoria home in the early hours of Valentines Day this year.

Incidentally, Steenkamp would have turned 30 on 19 August 2013.

UPDATE: Pistorius ex girlfriend, Samantha Taylor has turned state witness, alleging that Pistorius discharged a firearm through a vehicle sunroof while she was driving during their dating.

[Source : City Press, News24]