Blade Runner gives his account of how he killed girlfriend.

Oscar Pistorius today admitted shooting dead his model girlfriend but claimed he had only opened fire because he mistook her for a burglar in the middle of the night. In a harrowing statement read out to Pretoria magistrates court, the athlete dubbed Blade Runner said he had been on the balcony of his house when he heard noises from the bathroom Believing Reeva Steenkamp was asleep, he grabbed his handgun and shouted a warning before firing four shots through the door, magistrate Desmond Nair was told. It was only then, Pistorius claims, that he realised Miss Steenkamp was not in bed. 'I kicked the door open,' he said. 'She was alive. I tried to help her but she died in my arms.' Pistorius, 26, sobbed inconsolably throughout the lengthy bail hearing. At one point the magistrate postponed proceedings so the Paralympic athlete could compose himself. Although no decision was made on bail today, Mr Nair did rule that the charge would be premeditated murder indicating Pistorius, who last year became the first double-amputee track athlete to run at the Olympics, is likely to remain behind bars until trial. He has now been driven back to jail where he will spend a sixth night behind bars before the hearing resumes in the morning. As Pistorius's relatives supported him in court, the distraught family of Miss Steenkamp attended her funeral in Port Elizabeth. Her brother Adam said that her death had 'left space missing inside all of the people that she knew.' But there was also anger. Gavin Venter, an ex-jockey who worked for Reeva's father, called for the harshest of sentences for Pistorius.  'Without a doubt. He's a danger to the public. He'll be a danger to witnesses. He must stay in jail,' he said. After a brief break, the athlete's lawyer Barry Roux stood up to ask for his client to be granted bail, claiming that the shooting was accidental. 'We submit it is not even murder. There is no concession this is a murder,' he said claiming there was a number of cases where men had shot members of their family through doors after mistaking them for burglars. He then read aloud Pistorius's sworn affidavit which detailed the chain of events leading to Miss Steenkamp's death. 'I fail to understand how I could be charged with murder, let alone premeditated murder because I had no intention to kill. I had no intention to kill my girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp,' he said. 'I have been informed I have been accused of murder – I deny the accusation. Nothing can be further from the truth that I planned the murder of my girlfriend. 'On February 13 Reeva would have gone out with her friends, me with mine. She wanted to stay at home. 'I was watching TV. My legs were off. She was doing yoga. At the end of the evening we got into bed. 'I’m acutely aware of people gaining entries to homes to commit crime, I’ve received death threats. I sleep with my 9mm under my bed. I woke up to close the sliding door and heard a noise in the bathroom. 'I was scared and didn’t switch on the light. I got my gun and moved towards the bathroom. I screamed at the intruder because I did not have my legs on I felt vulnerable. I fired shots through the bathroom door and told Reeva to call police. 'I walked back to the bed and realised Reeva was not in bed. It's then it dawned on me it could be her in there.