Inside the bathroom where Blade Runner' shot dead his girlfriend
The bathroom is now the focus of a murder inquiry.
Meanwhile Boxes of 'steroids,
testosterone' and needles were found at the Blade Runner's home where he
shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead after 'non-stop' arguing, a court
heard today.
The details were revealed by the
prosecution on the second day of the 26-year-old athlete's bail hearing
at Pretoria Magistrates' Court where he faces a charge of premeditated
murder.
Pistorius looked distraught and sobbed
with his head lowered as the packed court heard the post-mortem showed
three entrance wounds - the bullets hit the right side of Miss
Steenkamp's head, her right elbow - which resulted in a broken arm - and
her hip.
In the first half of the morning session
damning allegations surfaced that the police and prosecution say
undermine his defence, but after a recess his defence team fire tough
questions at the main witness, chief investigative officer Hilton Botha.
As the prosecution began setting out its case on Wednesday, they claimed a witness heard gunshots, saw the lights on, heard 'a
female screaming' and then more shots.Mr
Botha - the first officer on the scene - told the packed court a
separate witness said they heard an hour-long fight between 2.am and
3.am before
the sound of gunshots rang out.
Earlier Mr Botha said he arrived at the
upscale Pretoria house at about 4.15am last Thursday and the 29-year-old
model had already been declared dead - 'she had on white shorts and
black vest. She was covered in towels.'
Pistorius, who underwent
below-the-knee amputations when he was 11 months old, said he shot
through the toilet cubicle door while on his stumps but the court heard
the bullets' trajectory was through the top of the door.
Mr Botha said he believed the bullets
were fired down, suggesting that Pistorius was wearing his prosthetic
legs when the shots were discharged.
Lawyers and police studied plans
of the bedroom and bathroom - a projector was used to beam the plans up
for the public and press to see.
Gerrie Nel, the chief prosecutor asked Mr Botha if the shots were fired directly at the toilet basin and he agreed.
'If you fire straight at the door, you miss the toilet,' he explained.
Police believe a cricket bat found in the bathroom was used
to break down the door to the toilet - part of the door was lying in the
bathroom. One bullet cartridge was found outside bathroom while three others were inside.
On the shower mat in the en-suite
bathroom lay a firearm and an iPhone 4 and iPhone - there was blood spatters on one of the phones.
Mr Botha said four
phones in total were found in the athlete's home and none of them had
been used to call emergency services.
The court also heard that two boxes
of testosterone and needles were found in Pistorius' bedroom. where they
also found an overnight bag was on a couch on the left hand side of the
bed as well as slippers.
Mr Botha said he wanted Pistorius
charged additionally with a weapons violation after unlicensed .38
calibre ammunition was found in the athlete's bedroom safe - though the
defence later claimed the ammunition belonged to the athlete's father
Henke.
Pistorius
has said he had been a victim of crime and received death threats, but
today the court heard there were no records of this.
The athlete made notes with a silver pen as the case progressed.
Mr Botha said there was 'no way' he believed Pistorius's version of events.
He said he believed Pistorius, who won two gold medals and a silver
at London’s 2012 Paralympic Games, was a flight risk and he was opposing
bail.
He told the court Pistorius has
offshore accounts and a property in Italy - which was later disputed by
Pistorius' team - and said that he saw the runner's family looking for
documents and a specific memory stick with details of offshore accounts.
Discussing extradition he said: 'We don't want another Dewani to happen. We're still waiting to get him back in the country.'
He was referring to Shrien Dewani
who is wanted in South Africa over the honeymoon murder of his wife in
November 2010, but is now fighting extradition in Britain.
Today
details were released of a row he allegedly had with a man over a girl
at Kyalami racetrack where Pistorius allegedly threatened to "f*** up"
the rival.
It was also
claimed he was involved in another shooting at a restaurant in
Johannesburg in January and asked the gun owner to take responsibility
for the incident.
The defence will have to prove the
extenuating circumstances that would justify granting bail so Pistorius
will be free until the trial starts.
It is not expected to begin for at
least four months - it would be heard by a judge sitting alongside two
assessors – typically magistrates or retired magistrates - as the South Africa legal system does not have a jury system. (Daily Mail UK)
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