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South Africa: Oscar Pistorius charged with murder, trial begins March next year
A statement, from the office of South Africa’s national police commissioner, said detectives, forensic experts, ballistics experts, psychologists and technology experts all worked on the case and are confident that they have the evidence to convict Pistorius.
The most telling evidence may be in records on cellphones found at Pistorius’ home and through examination of the bathroom cubicle door through which Pistorius shot four bullets, hitting Steenkamp three times and killing her. The angle or trajectory of the bullets could show if Pistorius was standing on his stumps when he shot, as he says, or if he was on his prosthetics, as the prosecution maintains, a marked difference in the two accounts.
Pistorius was seen just twice in public between the time he was granted bail on February 22 and a previous appearance in court on June 4. His family had announced he would return to a “low-key” track routine and he was seen jogging on his regular practice facility, in late June.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press
