The prosecution case against the Olympic and Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius has been in serious trouble after South African police admitted a series of mishaps in their murder investigation and the chief investigator turned out to be on attempted murder charges himself.
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| Pistorius and Reeva Steemkamp |
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| Pistorius |
Hilton Botha the detective leading the investigation had fell apart under defences cross examination on Wednesday after he wrongly claimed to have found boxes of testosterone in Pistoriuss bedroom and admitted that police had no evidence saying its true the athletes version of events.On Thursday further pressure was piled on South African police as they admitted Botha is himself charged with attempted murder.Police Brigadier Neville Malila told the Associated Press that the detective is scheduled to appear in court in May. Malila said Botha faced seven counts of attempted murder over what news reports called a drunken incident in which he and two other police officers were accused of firing shots from a state owned vehicle while trying to stop a minivan like idiots.
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| Hilton Botha |
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