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Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius of South Africa is currently on trial for murder. Famous for being a double amputee track
runner, Pistorius found himself arrested in 2013. Last year on Valentine’s Day, police found
Pistorus’ live in girlfriend shot dead in his bathroom after shots were fired
through the door.
During the prosecution, a forensic investigator claimed that Pistorius was
not wearing his prosthetic legs when he fired shots through the door. The runner’s lawyer Barry Roux went on the
offensive against the testimony this week, saying that the prosecution has
shown evidence that the prosthetic pieces were on in previous evidence.
The defense claims that Pistorius put on his
prosthetic equipment after firing the shots to break down the door. When the prosthetic legs were put on matters
because it illustrates the accused person’s state of mind at the time of the
murder. Putting the prosthetic legs on
first would suggest the murder was premeditated.
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Oscar Pistorius claims that the shooting was an
accident. According to him, he woke in
the middle of the night and was convinced there was an intruder in the house,
and he shot at the bathroom door in self-defense. The intruder turned out to be his girlfriend,
model Reeva Steenkamp. She was shot
three times and died on site.
The door is considered the most important evidence in the
case, and was removed from the home for
forensic investigation. Other evidence
includes testimony from a friend of Pistorius who claims to be a witness to two
incidents when the runner fired guns without warning in public settings.
Pistorius has been very emotional during the trial,
frequently crying and vomitedwhen Reeva Steenkamp’s injuries were being described in the courtroom.
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