{"id":13116,"date":"2014-03-14T05:15:38","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T05:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/oscar-pistorius-trial-had-blood-on-his-arm\/"},"modified":"2014-03-14T05:15:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T05:15:27","slug":"oscar-pistorius-trial-had-blood-on-his-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/oscar-pistorius-trial-had-blood-on-his-arm\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Pistorius trial ‘had Blood on His Arm’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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{{Oscar Pistorius has blood on his arm after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year, a retired police officer has told his murder trial.}}<\/p>\n

The court has also been shown a photograph of the South African athlete with blood on his shorts.<\/p>\n

He denies murder, saying he shot his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder.<\/p>\n

The prosecution says he shot Ms Steenkamp after an argument at his house on Valentine’s Day 2013.<\/p>\n

On Thursday retired police colonel Schoombie van Rensburg told the court he followed a “trail of blood” up the stairs after arriving at Oscar Pistorius’ home.<\/p>\n

Col Van Rensburg, who was initially in charge of the crime scene, said he immediately gave orders for it to be secured.<\/p>\n

Defence lawyer Barry Roux has said that evidence from the scene, including eight watches, subsequently went missing.<\/p>\n

Col Van Rensburg said he ordered photographs to be taken of the watches because they “looked expensive”.<\/p>\n

He said he found the toilet door, through which Ms Steenkamp had been shot, locked.<\/p>\n

He said the key was in the outside, whereas Mr Pistorius said he found the key on the inside, after breaking down the door.<\/p>\n

The police officer said he found Mr Pistorius’ gun, a 9mm pistol, with blood on it lying on a grey towel inside the bathroom, along with a white mobile phone.<\/p>\n

Before Col Van Rensburg began his testimony on Thursday, photographs of Ms Steenkamp’s bloodied head and face were shown in court, prompting Mr Pistorius to vomit.<\/p>\n

The South African athlete, who has had both legs amputated, was sick several times on Monday while evidence from the post-mortem examination was presented to court and has also cried on several occasions.<\/p>\n

The court was later told that photos of her body would be removed from the police file and not displayed in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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