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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- In a blow to the prosecution, a detective testified Wednesday that the police have found nothing inconsistent with how South African Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius has described shooting and killing his girlfriend on Valentine's Day.

In the second day of a bail hearing in nearby Pretoria, new details in the case emerged as Pistorius' defense team argued that the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp was an accident. Pistorius, charged with premeditated murder, said he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired through the toilet door.

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