{"id":30084,"date":"2014-07-07T07:33:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T07:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=30084"},"modified":"2014-07-07T07:33:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T07:33:38","slug":"pistorius-lawyers-condemn-leaked-re-enactment-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/pistorius-lawyers-condemn-leaked-re-enactment-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistorius lawyers condemn leaked re-enactment video"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oscar Pistorius’ defence team has condemned the airing of a video showing the athlete re-enacting the events of the night he killed his girlfriend.<\/p>\n
The footage shows Mr Pistorius shouting and running on his stumps as he simulates holding a handgun.<\/p>\n
It was\u00a0aired in Australia only\u00a0by broadcaster Channel 7 on Sunday.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Mr Pistorius’ said that the footage was filmed in order to create a “forensic animation”, but that it was “obtained illegally”.<\/p>\n
“For the family, the airing of this footage constitutes a staggering breach of trust and an invasion of the family’s privacy”, the statement said.<\/p>\n
The footage has not been seen in court in South Africa, where the athlete is on trial for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.<\/p>\n
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In the video – filmed at his uncle’s house – Oscar Pistorius rushes forwards on the stumps of his legs.<\/p>\n
He holds out an imaginary gun in his right hand and screams “Reeva, call the police”. He is also shown carrying a woman out of a toilet and downstairs.<\/p>\n
The re-enactment was done to help US specialists create a computer model of the shooting of Ms Steenkamp.<\/p>\n
The BBC’s Andrew Harding, in South Africa, says it is not clear why the full reconstruction was not used at the murder trial.<\/p>\n
In the leaked footage Mr Pistorius looks unsteady on his stumps, but perhaps more mobile than one of his doctors had described in his evidence last week, our correspondent says.<\/p>\n
Mr Pistorius says he shot his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder in their house last year.<\/p>\n
The prosecution argues that he killed her deliberately after a row.<\/p>\n
The sprinter and Ms Steenkamp had been dating for about three months before the shooting.<\/p>\n
There are no juries at trials in South Africa, so the athlete’s fate will ultimately be decided by the judge, assisted by two assessors.<\/p>\n
If found guilty of murder, Mr Pistorius, who went on trial on 3 March, could face life imprisonment. If he is acquitted of that charge, the court will consider an alternative charge of culpable homicide, for which he could – if convicted – receive about 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n
His trial will resume on Monday.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Oscar Pistorius’ defence team has condemned the airing of a video showing the athlete re-enacting the events of the night he killed his girlfriend. The footage shows Mr Pistorius shouting and running on his stumps as he simulates holding a handgun. It was\u00a0aired in Australia only\u00a0by broadcaster Channel 7 on Sunday. A spokesperson for Mr […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":6789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1526,14],"yoast_head":"\n