Pistorius trial: cricket bat, toilet door in court
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Kneeling in court and swinging a cricket bat at Oscar Pistorius' toilet door, a South African forensic analyst demonstrated Wednesday how the double-amputee athlete may have bashed the door to get to the girlfriend he had just fatally shot. Col. J. G. Vermeulen said he believed Pistorius was on his stumps when he swung his bat at the brown cubicle door. The defense, on cross-examination of the policeman, insisted instead that Pistorius was wearing his legs a...
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