In the latest drama to unfold around the court case, a video re-enactment of the night Oscar shot Reeva has been leaked to an Australian TV channel and aired over the weekend.
His defence team say the video was commissioned by them but they decided not to use it as evidence in court – a little suspect don’t you think?
In the video, commissioned by the athlete’s legal team, Pistorius shows how he moved through the house without his prosthetics while carrying a gun. He has said he thought Steenkamp was an intruder before shooting her four times with a 9-mm pistol through the bathroom door, the Hamilton Spectator reports.
The 27-year-old athlete’s sister, Aimee, acts a body double for Steenkamp, and Pistorius is seen picking her up and carrying her as he said he did with Steenkamp’s body the night she died.
Filmed in Pistorius’ uncle’s house (the actual shooting occurred at Pistorius’ own home), the video was created by Cleveland-based forensic animation firm the Evidence Room. Pistorius’ lawyers say the footage was obtained illegally by Channel 7.
“We wish to make it very clear that the material that has been aired was obtained illegally and in breach of the non-disclosure agreement with the Evidence Room,” said one of Pistorius’ lawyers, Brian Webber, in a statement Sunday.
Even though it was never intended for this footage to become evidence in the court case, it is unquestionable that it will have an impact now that it has emerged and we all wait to see what this impact may be.
At one point in the video Oscar illustrates how he found Reeva after beating down the bathroom door with a cricket bat.
It is chilling footage – why do you think the defence team didn’t want this shown in court?
More info and images available at Time and Daily Mail.
