The trial of Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius will begin in March 2014 , his attorney says . A judge has ordered the athlete to stand trial on charges that he intentionally killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp with a gunshot wound through her door last year's and then tried to cover it up by claiming Monday would have been Reeva Steenkamp 's 30th birthday . Pistorius says he mistook her for a home invader when he shot her in February .
The trial of Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius will begin in March 2014 , his attorney says . Pistorius will appear in court Monday to be served with indictment . Monday would have been Reeva Steenkamp 's 30th birthday . Pistorius says he mistook her for a home invader when he shot her in February .