The bathroom is now the focus of a murder inquiry.
Meanwhile Boxes of 'steroids, testosterone' and
needles were found at the Blade Runner's home where he shot girlfriend Reeva
Steenkamp dead after 'non-stop' arguing, a court heard today.
The details were revealed by the prosecution on the
second day of the 26-year-old athlete's bail hearing at Pretoria Magistrates'
Court where he faces a charge of premeditated murder.
Pistorius looked distraught and sobbed with his head
lowered as the packed court heard the post-mortem showed three entrance wounds
- the bullets hit the right side of Miss Steenkamp's head, her right elbow -
which resulted in a broken arm - and her hip.
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Pistorius, who underwent below-the-knee amputations
when he was 11 months old, said he shot through the toilet cubicle door while
on his stumps but the court heard the bullets' trajectory was through the top
of the door.
Mr Botha said he believed the bullets were fired
down, suggesting that Pistorius was wearing his prosthetic legs when the shots
were discharged.
Lawyers and police studied plans of the bedroom and
bathroom - a projector was used to beam the plans up for the public and press
to see.
Gerrie Nel, the chief prosecutor asked Mr Botha if
the shots were fired directly at the toilet basin and he agreed.
'If you fire straight at the door, you miss the
toilet,' he explained.
Police believe a cricket bat found in the bathroom
was used to break down the door to the toilet - part of the door was lying in
the bathroom. One bullet cartridge was found outside bathroom while three
others were inside.
On the shower mat in the en-suite bathroom lay a
firearm and an iPhone 4 and iPhone - there was blood spatters on one of the
phones.
Mr Botha said four phones in total were found in the
athlete's home and none of them had been used to call emergency services.
The court also heard that two boxes of testosterone
and needles were found in Pistorius' bedroom. Where they also found an overnight
bag was on a couch on the left hand side of the bed as well as slippers.
Mr Botha said he wanted Pistorius charged
additionally with a weapons violation after unlicensed .38 calibre ammunition
was found in the athlete's bedroom safe - though the defence later claimed the
ammunition belonged to the athlete's father Henke.
Pistorius has said he had been a victim of crime and
received death threats, but today the court heard there were no records of
this.
The athlete made notes with a silver pen as the case
progressed.
Mr Botha said there was 'no way' he believed
Pistorius's version of events.
He said he believed Pistorius, who won two gold
medals and a silver at London’s 2012 Paralympic Games, was a flight risk and he
was opposing bail.
He told the court Pistorius has offshore accounts
and a property in Italy - which was later disputed by Pistorius' team - and
said that he saw the runner's family looking for documents and a specific
memory stick with details of offshore accounts.
Discussing extradition he said: 'We don't want
another Dewani to happen. We're still waiting to get him back in the country.'
He was referring to Shrien Dewani who is wanted in
South Africa over the honeymoon murder of his wife in November 2010, but is now
fighting extradition in Britain.
Today details were released of a row he allegedly
had with a man over a girl at Kyalami racetrack where Pistorius allegedly
threatened to "f*** up" the rival.
It was also claimed he was involved in another
shooting at a restaurant in Johannesburg in January and asked the gun owner to
take responsibility for the incident.
The defence will have to prove the extenuating
circumstances that would justify granting bail so Pistorius will be free until
the trial starts.
It is not expected to begin for at least four months
- it would be heard by a judge sitting alongside two assessors – typically
magistrates or retired magistrates - as the South Africa legal system does not
have a jury system.
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