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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
The investigating officer in the Oscar Pistorius murder case made an error in his court testimony Wednesday when he identified a substance found in the athlete's bedroom as testosterone, the national prosecutor said.Medupe Simasiku, the spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecution Agency, told The Associated Press that it was too early to identify the substance as it was still undergoing laboratory tests.
"It is not certain (what it is) until the forensics." Simasiku said, adding that it wasn't certain if it was "a legal or an illegal medication for now."
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It was a mistake to identify the substance now, Simasiku said, as it was still unknown. He said the discovery of needles was in Botha's statement, however.
Pistorius denies murder, saying in an affidavit Tuesday that the Valentine's Day shooting was accidental because he thought there was an intruder in his house.
In response to Botha's claim, the defense said Wednesday, the second day of Pistorius' bail hearing at Pretoria Magistrate's Court, that the substance found was not a steroid or a banned substance but an herbal remedy.
Pistorius' lawyer Barry Roux had slammed Botha's testimony earlier, saying police "take every piece of evidence and try to extract the most possibly negative connotation and present it to the court."
International Paralympic Committee spokesman Craig Spence told the AP soon after the substance claims that Pistorius — the world's most famous disabled athlete — was drug tested twice in London last year by the IPC, on Aug. 25 and Sept. 8. Both test results were negative, Spence said.
The Aug. 25 test was an out-of-competition test, and the Sept. 8 one in-competition, a day before the end of the London Paralympics.
The International Olympic Committee said it didn't test Pistorius at the Olympics, but referred the AP to the IPC's negative tests. International athletics body the IAAF and the World Anti-Doping Agency would not comment because it was an ongoing legal case.
"Bearing in mind the ongoing police investigation, WADA must refrain from making any statement at present," WADA said.
Giving testimony, Botha said police made the discovery of testosterone in bedroom of the double-amputee runner and multiple Paralympic champion's upscale Pretoria house after the shooting of Steenkamp but offered no further details or explanation. State prosecutor Gerrie Nel also had to correct Botha when he initially called it "steroids."
Simasiku later told the AP that the detective, Botha, thought it was testosterone by reading the first few letters of the label.
Pistorius' lawyer Roux, said on questioning the detective — who has 16 years' experience as a detective and 24 years with the police — that it was not a banned substance and that police were trying to give the discovery a "negative connotation."
"It is an herbal remedy," Roux said. "It is not a steroid and it is not a banned substance."
The debate over the substance added another dramatic twist to a case that has already gripped the world's attention since Steenkamp's killing at Pistorius' home last Thursday.
Prosecutor Nel also had to clarify that police were not saying that Pistorius was using the substance, only that it was discovered along with the needles in his bedroom.
Pistorius said Tuesday in a written affidavit and read in court by Roux that he mistakenly killed model Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day when he fired four shots into a locked toilet door, hitting his girlfriend three times after thinking she was a dangerous intruder.
The prosecution claims Pistorius intended to kill the 29-year-old Steenkamp after they had a fight.
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He also said the defense forensics team found a bullet in the toilet that police had missed and noted police had failed to find out who owned ammunition found at the home or photograph it.
Investigators also went into Pistorius' home without wearing protective foot covers to prevent contaminating the crime scene, Roux said. Botha conceded that was true and said it was because police didn't have any more of the covers left.
Roux questioned police arguments that a witness heard sounds of an argument before the shooting. The witness, Roux said, lives 600 meters (more than a third of a mile) from Pistorius' home. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel countered that the witness lives 300 meters away.
Things looking up slightly for Mr Pistorius, it seems...
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If the account we are getting on findings so far is accurate, his story is looking less and less likely, as was pointed out today. He said she was in bed with him.. First, why wouldn't you turn to her and ask "Did you hear something?" or at least see if she was still in the bed. More importantly, if she was in bed, why was she found fully clothed?
He said he didn't have his legs on and left the room on his stumps (it was known he slept without his legs on) but the angle of the shots suggest strongly he was wearing his legs.
Why would someone just start shooting through a door not knowing who was behind it? Why didn't she (if his story is true) ever say a word with all that was going on, like "Ooch, that hurts! Don't shoot me again!"
He said he didn't have his legs on and left the room on his stumps (it was known he slept without his legs on) but the angle of the shots suggest strongly he was wearing his legs.
Why would someone just start shooting through a door not knowing who was behind it? Why didn't she (if his story is true) ever say a word with all that was going on, like "Ooch, that hurts! Don't shoot me again!"
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PRETORIA (Reuters) - The lead detective in 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius' murder investigation was taken off the case on Thursday after it emerged he was facing seven attempted murder charges for opening fire on a minibus full of passengers.
Full story & vid here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...a-pistoriusbre91k0fn-20130221,0,6293705.story
Dude looks like he got teh Downs Snd. or something.
Full story & vid here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...a-pistoriusbre91k0fn-20130221,0,6293705.story
Dude looks like he got teh Downs Snd. or something.
Surely Oscar Pistorius can't be the first bloke to wake up legless on Valentines Day and shoot a load into his girlfriend's face while he was imagining she was someone else!
For those that missed it on page #1.
But I rip off Kevin Bloody Wilson with more style!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kevin-Bloody-Wilson/5602849297?ref=stream
and a jealous twat rage, the guy she was/might be leaving him for HAD FEET !!!
unheard of
Newsflash! Brother Carl is also up on culpable homicide charges after his car crashed into a female motorcyclist in 2008.
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...sYNDjJ_4qJSPLcaiw&sig2=WSEImo1gc3Q2JV-phubqJw
https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...sYNDjJ_4qJSPLcaiw&sig2=WSEImo1gc3Q2JV-phubqJw
Surely Oscar Pistorius can't be the first bloke to wake up legless on Valentines Day and shoot a load into his girlfriend's face while he was imagining she was someone else!
Oscar used to worry about which races he would enter, now he’s worried about which races will enter him...
I read this morning sky news leaked crime scene photos...
Pretty lackluster and tame. I didnt search intensively but they can be seen here.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...raphic-photos-of-oscar-pistorius-crime-scene/
Again, not very graphic...
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...raphic-photos-of-oscar-pistorius-crime-scene/
Again, not very graphic...
