Two forensic
experts have released previously unseen crime scene pictures that claim to show
Oscar Pistorius attacked his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp with a cricket bat
before shooting her dead. They believe these two injuries on the model's back
match the tip of the bat.
Dramatic new
evidence emerged today that claims to show Oscar Pistorius attacked his lover
with an air rifle and a cricket bat before shooting her dead.
The Paralympian
told his trial that he accidentally killed Reeva Steenkamp after mistaking her
for an intruder at his home in Pretoria three years ago.
But two
experts have now released never-before-seen forensic pictures they claim
conclusively proves the athlete murdered the model.
They point to
two injuries on the model's back they say match the tip of his cricket bat,
while marks on the ripped and blood-covered handle suggest there was a
struggle.
This
photograph shows the blood-soaked bathroom where Oscar Pistorius shot his
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the toilet cubicle (top) with his 9mm pistol
(seen lying on a bathmat, right) and the blood-splattered cricket bat (bottom
right). Forensics experts Calvin and Thomas Mollett claim that marks on the
ripped and blood-covered handle of the bat suggest there was a struggle between
the pair.
A
similar-sized wound was also found on Reeva's arm, suggesting he may have fired
at her with the weapon as the model fled the bedroom.
The claims
have been made by brothers Calvin and Thomas Mollett in their new book Oscar vs
The Truth after studying evidence and conducting their own tests for over a
year.
The Molletts
have questioned why these injuries were not scrutinised by the pathologist and
police investigators or shown at the trial.
Writing in
their book, they said: 'One gets the impression that police arrived on the
scene and thought they had an open-and-shut case against Oscar.
'They knew he
pulled the trigger, and had statements from the neighbours who heard a woman
scream – why bother doing a proper forensic investigation'.
If confirmed,
their evidence would cement the prosecution's case that Pistorius gunned down
Miss Steenkamp in a fit of rage during a late-night row after she had locked
herself in the toilet cubicle.
The athlete
claimed he fired four times through the closed door in self-defence fearing a
burglar was about to jump out at him.
He told his
trial that when he realised it was his girlfriend, he used the cricket bat to
smash down the door to try to save her.
Pistorius was
cleared of murdering Miss Steenkamp after a trial, but found guilty of
manslaughter.
However, his
conviction was upgraded to murder after an appeal by the prosecution.
He faces 15
years in prison when he is sentenced June, but he is expected to argue for a
lesser sentence.
He has
already spent one year in the hospital wing of Kgosi Mampuru II prison in
Pretoria.
Pistorius is
currently serving the remainder of current five-year sentence under house
arrest and he stays at his uncle's home in Pretoria.
He was
cheered by his supporters, most of whom were dressed in white, when he left the
court earlier this week for a hearing and navigated his way through a scrum of
reporters.
A leader of
the supporters, Don Hassett, appealed for a lenient sentence for Pistorius.
'He knows it
was wrong and he has admitted that but the media has generated hatred against
Oscar,' Mr Hasset told reporters.
Before the
proceedings, a group of supporters gathered inside the courtroom and prayed for
the athlete.
If this news is true he must rot in jail
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