The family of Oscar Pistorius say they are “shaken” by the leaked graphic photos of the blood-spattered bathroom where the world-renowned athlete shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
Images of the crime scene appeared in the media last week, just days before the double amputee’s court appearance on Tuesday for a brief pre-trial hearing.
On Friday, Britain’s Sky News television released leaked images showing the bloodied bathroom of Pistorius’s luxury Pretoria home where he shot his 29-year-old girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three times in the early hours of February 14.
The 26-year-old “Blade Runner” claims he shot Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door in the middle of the night after mistaking her for an intruder.
But the prosecution argues it was premeditated murder, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.