A heavily bloodied cricket bat, found at the luxury home of Mr. Pistorius after the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp on Thursday morning, suggests
he may have used the bat “to viciously assault her,” according to a report in a respected South African newspaper, City Press,
citing three unnamed sources close to the police investigation.
The newspaper reported that
Ms. Steenkamp’s skull had been “crushed”; that one shot had been fired from the athlete’s pistol in the bedroom before the remaining
three shots were fired through a bathroom door; and that the “intruder” claim was impossible because there were no signs of forced entry and because both of them had slept in the bedroom before the shooting
Mr. Pistorius and his family have assembled a crack team of
high-priced lawyers, a top pathologist, and even a well-known London spin doctor – former British tabloid editor Stuart Higgins, whose clients have included British Airways and top English soccer clubs.
Much of the backlash is sparked by growing reports that Mr. Pistorius had a
history of anger issues, a fascination with guns, and several alleged incidents of threats and physical confrontations involving
women and men. He had applied for licences for
seven guns, including a .223 semi-automatic rifle, according to the South African newspaper Beeld.
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