The bathroom is now the focus
of a murder inquiry.
Meanwhile Boxes of 'steroids,
testosterone' and needles were
found at the Blade Runner's
home where he shot girlfriend
Reeva Steenkamp dead after
'non-stop' arguing, a court heard
today.
The details were revealed by the
prosecution on the second day
of the 26-year-old athlete's bail
hearing at Pretoria Magistrates'
Court where he faces a charge of
premeditated murder.
Pistorius looked distraught and
sobbed with his head lowered as
the packed court heard the post-
mortem showed three entrance
wounds - the bullets hit the right
side of Miss Steenkamp's head,
her right elbow - which resulted
in a broken arm - and her hip.
In the first half of the morning
session damning allegations
surfaced that the police and
prosecution say undermine his
defence, but after a recess his
defence team fire tough
questions at the main witness,
chief investigative officer Hilton
Botha.
As the prosecution began setting
out its case on Wednesday, they
claimed a witness heard
gunshots, saw the lights on,
heard 'a female screaming' and
then more shots.Mr Botha - the
first officer on the scene - told
the packed court a separate
witness said they heard an hour-
long fight between 2.am and
3.am before the sound of
gunshots rang out.
Earlier Mr Botha said he arrived
at the upscale Pretoria house at
about 4.15am last Thursday and
the 29-year-old model had
already been declared dead - 'she
had on white shorts and black
vest. She was covered in towels.'
Pistorius, who underwent below-
the-knee amputations when he
was 11 months old, said he shot
through the toilet cubicle door
while on his stumps but the
court heard the bullets' trajectory
was through the top of the door.
Mr Botha said he believed the
bullets were fired down,
suggesting that Pistorius was
wearing his prosthetic legs when
the shots were discharged.
Lawyers and police studied plans
of the bedroom and bathroom -
a projector was used to beam
the plans up for the public and
press to see.
Gerrie Nel, the chief prosecutor
asked Mr Botha if the shots were
fired directly at the toilet basin
and he agreed.
'If you fire straight at the door,
you miss the toilet,' he explained.
Police believe a cricket bat found
in the bathroom was used to
break down the door to the toilet
- part of the door was lying in
the bathroom. One bullet
cartridge was found outside
bathroom while three others
were inside.
On the shower mat in the en-
suite bathroom lay a firearm and
an iPhone 4 and iPhone - there
was blood spatters on one of the
phones.
Mr Botha said four phones in
total were found in the athlete's
home and none of them had
been used to call emergency
services.
The court also heard that two
boxes of testosterone and
needles were found in Pistorius'
bedroom. where they also found
an overnight bag was on a couch
on the left hand side of the bed
as well as slippers.
Mr Botha said he wanted
Pistorius charged additionally
with a weapons violation after
unlicensed .38 calibre
ammunition was found in the
athlete's bedroom safe - though
the defence later claimed the
ammunition belonged to the
athlete's father Henke.
Pistorius has said he had been a
victim of crime and received
death threats, but today the
court heard there were no
records of this.
The athlete made notes with a
silver pen as the case
progressed.
Mr Botha said there was 'no way'
he believed Pistorius's version of
events.
He said he believed Pistorius,
who won two gold medals and a
silver at London’s 2012
Paralympic Games, was a flight
risk and he was opposing bail.
He told the court Pistorius has
offshore accounts and a property
in Italy - which was later
disputed by Pistorius' team - and
said that he saw the runner's
family looking for documents
and a specific memory stick with
details of offshore accounts.
Discussing extradition he said:
'We don't want another Dewani
to happen. We're still waiting to
get him back in the country.'
He was referring to Shrien
Dewani who is wanted in South
Africa over the honeymoon
murder of his wife in November
2010, but is now fighting
extradition in Britain.
Today details were released of a
row he allegedly had with a man
over a girl at Kyalami racetrack
where Pistorius allegedly
threatened to "f*** up" the rival.
It was also claimed he was
involved in another shooting at a
restaurant in Johannesburg in
January and asked the gun
owner to take responsibility for
the incident.
The defence will have to prove
the extenuating circumstances
that would justify granting bail
so Pistorius will be free until the
trial starts.
It is not expected to begin for at
least four months - it would be
heard by a judge sitting
alongside two assessors –
typically magistrates or retired
magistrates - as the South Africa
legal system does not have a jury
system. (Daily Mail UK)a