Oscar Pistorius murder trial: Cricket bat used to smash toilet door, says forensic analyst
A forensic analyst - Colonel J. G. Vermeulen - has said that a cricket bat was used to strike down the toilet door on the night that Oscar Pistorius 'mistakenly' shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
A South African forensic analyst has said at the Oscar Pistorius murder trial that a cricket bat was used to strike the toilet door at the athlete's home, in testimony focusing on the events of the night when Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend.
Police Colonel J. G. Vermeulen on Wednesday lifted the bat in court and showed where it hit the wooden, bullet-marked door, another key piece of evidence that was erected in the courtroom.
Pistorius has said he shot Steenkamp by mistake, fearing she was an intruder in the night, and then bashed the door open with a cricket bat to get to his girlfriend when he realized what had happened. The prosecution says the Feb. 14, 2013 killing was intentional and followed an argument between the couple.
Just saw my signature on the bat used by the accused in oscar trial... lol #neveradullmoment
- herschelle gibbs (@hershybru) March 12, 2014