'I shot Reeva': The trained marksman,Blade Runner's phone call to his best friend.
More stories have come to light following the tragic death of Miss Steenkamp,a model,lawyer and public speaker:Police are working on theories that a bloodied cricket bat found at the Blade Runner's home could have been used by Oscar Pistorius to attack Reeva Steenkamp before shooting her dead, to break down the door of the bathroom where she was hiding, or even by the late model to defend herself, reported City Press in South Africa.
It was also claimed that investigation sources said Miss Steenkamp's skull had been crushed.
After the shooting distraught Pistorius had called his best friend Justin Divaris crying ‘My baba, I’ve killed my baba. God take me away.’
Before the Paralympic medallist called the emergency services he phoned Justin Divaris, 27, at 3.55am to tell him what had happened.
‘I said to him, “What are you talking about?” He then repeated himself – “There has been a terrible accident, I shot Reeva”.
Members of both families have spoken out , as Pistorius’s father Henke 59, said he had ‘zero doubt’ the fatal shooting was a mistake saying his son had ‘acted on instinct’.
The father of the South African model allegedly murdered by Oscar Pistorius spoke movingly yesterday of his family’s grief – and said he bore the athlete no animosity Barry Steenkamp said he was struggling ‘to find some reason why this happened to our lovely daughter’.
Pistorius broke down in tears in court when he was formally charged with Reeva Steenkamp’s premeditated murder and Mr Steenkamp said: ‘He must be going through things that we don’t know about. There is no hatred in our hearts.’
The athlete's father Henke Pistorius claims a sportsman's 'instinct' was behind the tragedy, and said the family has pledged to do whatever it takes to clear Oscar's name.
After Oscar Pistorius carried his girlfriend’s blood-soaked body from the bathroom where she was shot, he tried to revive her, sources close to the investigation have said.
Pistorius was allegedly trying to save her with the kiss of life when a security guard and neighbour arrived following the noise of the gunshots, before she died in his arms moments later.
Ms Steenkamp had been dating Pistorius, a double-amputee known as the Blade Runner, since November.
It has been reported she was hit four times by bullets fired through the door of a bathroom. Pistorius, 26, a keen marksman, owned a pistol and machine gun.
Sources told how he carried his dying girlfriend from the bathroom, her blood splattering the staircase, as he desperately tried to revive her.
The pair had been called South Africa’s ‘golden couple’, and the arrest of Pistorius – who in London last year became the first man to compete at both an Olympics and Paralympics – was met with disbelief.
Yesterday speculation about whether Ms Steenkamp's relationship with a playboy rugby player could have been behind a possible row which may have led to her tragic death.
South African reports have linked the 29-year-old to Springbok Francois Hougaard - a close friend of Pistorius - according to the Sunday Mirror
The pair, who have been friends for a number of years and were in regular contact via Twitter, are understood to have dated in the past.
He said: ‘This is a very difficult time for us. June is inconsolable. We just need to find some answers. We ask the Lord every day to help us find a reason why this should happen to Reeva. She was the most beautiful, kind girl in the world. She had love for everyone, and she was loved by everyone who knew her.’
Mr Steenkamp said he had never met Pistorius but his wife occasionally spoke to him on the phone.
On the day of the killing, Ms Steenkamp had been due to give a talk to high school pupils ‘to empower them to be confident’.
One, 26-year-old student Samantha Taylor, said he is ‘certainly not what people think he is’.
Reeva’s funeral will be on Tuesday, the same day Pistorius is due in court where it is understood lawyers will say the shooting was a tragic accident.
Na wah o!!! Can't wait to see how this case ends. Don't really know what to think.... Who can tell what really happened?
ReplyDeleteI suspected fowl play from the get go..her death didn't make sense..sounds like he was in a jealous rage.
ReplyDeleteTruth will out eventualy..
ReplyDeleteThis guy has a dark side. Abd is insecure.deadly combination
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