The brother of Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing charges over the death of a woman in a car crash in 2010.
Carl Pistorius, who was a constant present in court over the past week to support Oscar, is charged with culpable homicide over the alleged accidental death of a female motorcyclist.
His lawyer Kenny Oldwage, who also represents Oscar Pistorius, confirmed the charges to Sky's Alex Crawford.
Carl Pistorius, 28, appeared in court just two days before his famous brother's bail hearing last week.
Carl Pistorius arrving at his uncle's house in Pretoria on Sunday Local media said his trial was meant to start last Thursday but it has been postponed until March.
Crawford said in Britain the equivalent charge to culpable homicide is manslaughter.
The family's public relations managers said they would issue a statement later.
On Sunday morning, Carl Pistorius arrived at his uncle's house in an affluent suburb of the South African capital Pretoria.
Oscar Pistorius has been staying at his uncle's house since he was bailed Oscar Pistorius, 26, is staying at the luxury three-storey villa after a judge released him on bail on Friday.
He has been charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day.
Oscar Pistorius was released on Friday But the athlete denies murder, saying he killed the 29-year-old model accidentally. He says he opened fire after mistaking Miss Steenkamp for an intruder in his home.
The Oscar Pistorius case took a dramatic turn last week when it was revealed the lead investigator, Hilton Botha, was facing charges of attempted murder himself.
Botha, who denies the charges, was questioned at the athlete's bail hearing, where he gave an often confused testimony.
Carl Pistorius and his sister Aimee have been in court to support Oscar But the day after he was questioned in court, a judge dropped him from the case because of the charges.
Prosecutors admitted that the timing of the attempted murder charges had been "totally weird".
On Saturday, the Pistorius family distanced themselves from a tweet on Carl's account thanking people for the support offered to both families.
A spokeswoman for the family said the account had been hacked. They said Pistorius' siblings would cancel their social media accounts.
Miss Steenkamp was killed on Valentine's Day It came as Miss Steenkamp's father spoke about the case, saying Oscar Pistorius will "suffer" alone if he is lying about how his daughter died.
"It doesn't matter how much money he has and how good his legal team is, he will have to live with his conscience if he allows his legal team to tell lies on his behalf," Barry Steenkamp told Beeld, an Afrikaans newspaper.
"But if he is telling the truth then maybe I can forgive him one day. If it didn't happen the way he said it did, he must suffer, and he will suffer... only he knows."
Her mother June said that the Pistorius family had sent a card and flowers offering condolences for the death of her daughter but she added it meant little because: "They are not to blame."
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