Henke pistorius biography of mahatma

Oscar Pistorius was pictured hugging his dad Henke in court during a rare appearance by the accused's father.

But who is Henke Pistorius and what sort of place does he occupy in the fallen star's life?

It is easy to summarise that the relationship between them is not straight-forward from just one incident earlier in the trial, in which Henke blew a large hole in his son's case.

Henke, who is described as a former party animal with a taste for young women, refused a sign a statement confirming his son's claim that he owned some ammunition found in Oscar's home.

This was bad news for the runner because it seriously undermined his defence of a charge of possessing illegal ammo.

Oscar has claimed the .38 bullets were only at his home because he was looking after them for Henke.

But dad failed to support son and this was leapt upon by prosecutor Gerrie Nel, who has based a large portion of his case upon painting