Pistorius Trial:Defense Alleges Police Tampering

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
8 August 2014
Tags:
South Africa, Legal and Judicial Affairs

The chief defense lawyer for Oscar Pistorius delivered final arguments in the athlete's murder trial on Friday, alleging that Pistorius thought he was in danger when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp--and also that police mishandled evidence at the house where the shooting happened. At one point, lawyer Barry Roux slapped his hand on the desk in front of him to mimic a sound that the double-amputee runner has said he heard on the night of Steenkamp's death.

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