COURT PROCEEDINGS
Nair now runs through the evidence of police detective Hilton Botha
The Evidence:
Botha, Nair recalls, said he saw Steenkamp lying dead at the bottom of Pistorius's stairs in shorts and a vest. Botha said Pistorius was a flight risk.He said the accused spent more time overseas and had a house in Italy. He said there was a safe in the kitchen and the accused's attorney arrived with a locksmith to open it and get a memory stick with account numbers for offshore accounts.
Botha said it was a very serious offence in that a defenceless woman was shot three times through a closed door and she was unarmed.Botha said he had taken statements from neighbours and witnesses.
Botha said there were wounds in Steenkamp's head, elbow, and hip.
There was also a bullet hole through her shorts.
He said rounds of .38 ammunition were found and Pistorius had no licence for these. Pistorius would be charged for these, he said. Botha said it was a two-storey dwelling. Up the stairs you turn right to the main bedroom. A woman's slippers were there.In the bathroom were the shower and toilet with their own doors.
In the bathroom he saw a piece of wood from the broken toilet door lying on the floor of the bathroom, with one 1.9mm cartridge in the doorway.
The gun was on the shower mat.
There were two phones in the bathroom on the mat.
The toilet room measured 1.4m x 1.4m.
He found two BlackBerry phones in the cupboard, checked all four phones and no calls had been made.
Shots appeared to have been fired through the door and the key was on the outside of the door. A cricket bat was lying in the bathroom and was sent for tests to see if it was used on the door.
Ballistic experts informed Botha that shots were fired at an angle and the gunmen was 1.5m away.
One bullet hit the wall.
To get from the balcony to the bathroom you would have to pass the beds, Botha said.
There were two dogs outside on the ground area beneath the bedroom.
The angle of the shots indicated they were fired through the top in a downward direction.
He found a packet of testosterone with needles.
He said there were previous incidents written about in the media regarding Pistorius. Nair runs briefly through Botha's descriptions of these.
Botha, Nair recalls, said he saw Steenkamp lying dead at the bottom of Pistorius's stairs in shorts and a vest. Botha said Pistorius was a flight risk.He said the accused spent more time overseas and had a house in Italy. He said there was a safe in the kitchen and the accused's attorney arrived with a locksmith to open it and get a memory stick with account numbers for offshore accounts.
Botha said it was a very serious offence in that a defenceless woman was shot three times through a closed door and she was unarmed.Botha said he had taken statements from neighbours and witnesses.
Botha said there were wounds in Steenkamp's head, elbow, and hip.
There was also a bullet hole through her shorts.
He said rounds of .38 ammunition were found and Pistorius had no licence for these. Pistorius would be charged for these, he said. Botha said it was a two-storey dwelling. Up the stairs you turn right to the main bedroom. A woman's slippers were there.In the bathroom were the shower and toilet with their own doors.
Nair continues to summarise Botha's evidence.
Botha said when he went back to the scene the 9mm holster was on the side of the bed where the slippers and overnight bag were.
Botha said the accused didn't know who was in the toilet and had not called for his girlfriend.
He said a witness reported hearing loud voices between 2am and 3am that night.
Another witness had claimed to have heard gunshots, seen lights on, heard a female scream, and heard more shots, according to Botha
Botha said when he went back to the scene the 9mm holster was on the side of the bed where the slippers and overnight bag were.
Botha said the accused didn't know who was in the toilet and had not called for his girlfriend.
He said a witness reported hearing loud voices between 2am and 3am that night.
Another witness had claimed to have heard gunshots, seen lights on, heard a female scream, and heard more shots, according to Botha
In the bathroom he saw a piece of wood from the broken toilet door lying on the floor of the bathroom, with one 1.9mm cartridge in the doorway.
The gun was on the shower mat.
There were two phones in the bathroom on the mat.
The toilet room measured 1.4m x 1.4m.
He found two BlackBerry phones in the cupboard, checked all four phones and no calls had been made.
Shots appeared to have been fired through the door and the key was on the outside of the door. A cricket bat was lying in the bathroom and was sent for tests to see if it was used on the door.
Ballistic experts informed Botha that shots were fired at an angle and the gunmen was 1.5m away.
One bullet hit the wall.
To get from the balcony to the bathroom you would have to pass the beds, Botha said.
There were two dogs outside on the ground area beneath the bedroom.
The angle of the shots indicated they were fired through the top in a downward direction.
He found a packet of testosterone with needles.
He said there were previous incidents written about in the media regarding Pistorius. Nair runs briefly through Botha's descriptions of these.
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