Drenched in blood: This is how Oscar Pistorius looked moments after shooting his girlfriend (See Photos)

by Zara Mustapha

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Photos showing moments after Olympic sprinter, Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp have emerged ‘accidentally’ in court.

The photos show a shocked Pistorius, bare-chested with blood smeared all over his shorts and prosthetic legs standing, facing a camera.

The Paralympian shot his girlfriend in the early hours of February 14 last year.

Daily Mail reports:

The first police officers on the scene found the Paralympian pacing around in a ‘very emotional state’ and a grisly trail of blood that ran throughout the house.

The images were taken by police photographers in the garage in the aftermath of the shooting in the early hours of Valentine’s Day last year.

There are blood stains up to the knees of his limbs and his shorts are also bloodied, but his naked chest appears to be clean.

Aftermath of the killing: This picture of Oscar Pistorius, bare-chested and covered in blood from the waist down, was taken by police shortly after the Paralympian shot Reeva Steenkamp at his home

 
Shocking: Blood can be seen down the athlete's left arm and on his shorts apparently from when he carried his dead girlfriend down the stairs after shooting her in the bathroom

Shocking: Blood can be seen down the athlete’s left arm and on his shorts apparently from when he carried his dead girlfriend down the stairs after shooting her in the bathroom

Horrific: Blood is splattered all over the toilet where Miss Steenkamp was shot by Pistorius

Horrific: Blood is splattered all over the toilet where Miss Steenkamp was shot by Pistorius

 
Sickening: A substantial amount of blood was found in the toilet bowl. The trial was expected to examine whether Miss Steenkamp was sitting on the toilet at the time she was shot

Sickening: A substantial amount of blood was found in the toilet bowl. The trial was expected to examine whether Miss Steenkamp was sitting on the toilet at the time she was shot

Grim: The court was shown this picture of the 9mm pistol used to kill Miss Steenkamp as it was found by the first police officer on the scene. The hammer was still cocked with the safety catch removed, the trial heard

Grim: The court was shown this picture of the 9mm pistol used to kill Miss Steenkamp as it was found by the first police officer on the scene. The hammer was still cocked with the safety catch removed, the trial heard

Evidence: This picture of Pistorius's blood-stained prosthetic legs was used by his defense lawyer in a bid to show that the athlete was wearing them, as he says, when he broke down the toilet door with a cricket bat

 

Evidence: This picture of Pistorius’s blood-stained prosthetic legs was used by his defense lawyer in a bid to show that the athlete was wearing them, as he says, when he broke down the toilet door with a cricket bat.

A second photograph shows Pistorius from the waist up and from the left side, also showing blood on his shorts and parts of his body, with a tattoo visible on his back.

His left arm is smeared with blood and his hand is clenched.

The court was guided through the images by former police colonel Schoombie van Rensburg arrived at the house around 40 minutes after the shooting.

They included the blood-spattered toilet cubicle where Miss Steenkamp was shot.

A close-up photograph of the toilet showed an extensive blood smear on the rim, as well as thick blood streaks in the bowl, where the water was also dark with blood.

Once again a picture of the 29-year-old model’s bullet wounds was accidentally flashed up on screens in the courtroom before the monitors went black.

A similar blunder yesterday caused Pistorius to be sick in the dock.

 
A moment of calm: Pistorius is comforted by his sister Aimee on another emotionally charged day in court

A moment of calm: Pistorius is comforted by his sister Aimee on another emotionally charged day in court

Strain: Pistorius faced another emotional day in the dock as graphic evidence of the crime scene was examined in meticulous detail by the prosecution

Strain: Pistorius faced another emotional day in the dock as graphic evidence of the crime scene was examined in meticulous detail by the prosecution

 
Accused: The prosecution says Pistorius intentionally killed MIss Steenkamp after a loud argument and then tried to cover it up by saying he thought the 29-year-old model was a dangerous intruder

Accused: The prosecution says Pistorius intentionally killed MIss Steenkamp after a loud argument and then tried to cover it up by saying he thought the 29-year-old model was a dangerous intruder.

Too much to bear: The 27-year-old runner (centre) covers his eyes as prosecutor Gerrie Nel (left) runs through several distressing images of Miss Steenkamp's injuries which were not shown on the live TV feed

Too much to bear: The 27-year-old runner (centre) covers his eyes as prosecutor Gerrie Nel (left) runs through several distressing images of Miss Steenkamp’s injuries which were not shown on the live TV feed

Mr van Rensburg, the former commander at a police station close to Pistorius’s home, said he did not arrest Pistorius immediately after discovering Miss Steenkamp had been shot dead, but did warn him to remain at the house.  

‘I told him I observed him as a suspect at that stage,’ Mr van Rensburg said. 

‘I warned him of his rights. I said to him I wasn’t arresting him at that stage… I requested him to remain present at all times at the scene.’

A short time later, Mr van Rensburg said the runner’s brother Carl, sister Aimee and a lawyer arrived at the house.

The prosecution says Pistorius intentionally killed Miss Steenkamp after a loud argument and then tried to cover it up by saying he thought the 29-year-old model was a dangerous intruder.

Pistorius, 27, maintains the killing was an accident and has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.

Moral support: Pistorius is comforted by a relative at the start of day ten of his murder trial

Moral support: Pistorius is comforted by a relative at the start of day ten of his murder trial

Irritation: Pistorius leans back after applying eye drops before the start of proceedings

 

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Irritation: Pistorius leans back after applying eye drops before the start of proceedings

 

 
Tension: Pistorius bows his head in the dock as his family and other members of the public take their seats

Tension: Pistorius bows his head in the dock as his family and other members of the public take their seats

During cross-examination, defence lawyer Barry Roux sought to undermine the police investigation, notably by questioning the conduct of former investigating officer Hilton Botha, who was thrown off the case last year and resigned from the police force.

Mr Roux repeatedly asked Mr van Rensburg what Mr Botha was doing at the scene during different parts of the investigation. 

Botha admitted last year that he didn’t wear proper forensic clothing and shoe covers when he examined parts of the scene and Pistorius’s team believes the police disturbed evidence and may have tampered with it. 

‘You did not disturb anything in the bathroom? You did not see Mr Hilton Botha disturb anything in the bathroom?’ Roux asked Mr van Rensburg. 

‘Were you acutely aware that you should not disturb the scene? Did you have that awareness? And what was Mr Botha doing?’ Mr Roux asked a little later. 

Graphic: The cricket bat Pistorius says he used to break down the toilet door after he shot Miss Steenkamp is seen next to a blood-soaked towel on the bathroom floor

Graphic: The cricket bat Pistorius says he used to break down the toilet door after he shot Miss Steenkamp is seen next to a blood-soaked towel on the bathroom floor 

Splatter: Pistorius says he used the bat to break down the door to get to his model girlfriend after shooting her, he claims, by mistake thinking she was a burglar

Splatter: Pistorius says he used the bat to break down the door to get to his model girlfriend after shooting her, he claims, by mistake thinking she was a burglar

 
Crime scene: This image shows the bathroom where Pistorius fired the fatal shots and the toilet in the background where Miss Steenkamp was hit by three bullets

Crime scene: This image shows the bathroom where Pistorius fired the fatal shots and the toilet in the background where Miss Steenkamp was hit by three bullets

And again, Roux said: ‘Where was Mr Botha now?’ Van Rensburg said at points he did not know where Botha was. 

During the investigation in the bathroom, Mr van Rensburg also said that he turned around at one point to see that the firearms expert had handled the gun Pistorius used to kill Miss Steenkamp and taken the magazine out of the weapon without using gloves.

‘I asked him “what are you doing?”,’ Mr van Rensburg testified. 

The officer realised his error, apologised, put the magazine back in the gun and laid it on the mat where it was on the floor, Mr van Rensburg said.

He then took the gloves out of his chest pocket, and again picked up the gun, according to Mr van Rensburg.

‘I was very angry,’ he said.

Mr van Rensburg also testified today about eight expensive watches that were found in a blood-spattered box in the bedroom upstairs.

 
Expensive: This box of watches was found in the bedroom with blood smeared on the lid. Police estimated that the value of one them was around $10,000 (£6,000). A probe was ordered after one went missing

 

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Expensive: This box of watches was found in the bedroom with blood smeared on the lid. Police estimated that the value of one them was around $10,000 (£6,000). A probe was ordered after one went missing

 
Temptation: The box of watches can been seen on the side in the bedroom. One of the watches was stolen by police investigating the shooting, the trial heard

 

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Temptation: The box of watches can been seen on the side in the bedroom. One of the watches was stolen by police investigating the shooting, the trial heard

 

 

 

 
Macabre: The court was shown various images like this of the bloodstains that ran through the house

 

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Macabre: The court was shown various images like this of the bloodstains that ran through the house

 
Gruesome: Blood is seen smeared down the toilet wall in this crime scene photograph

 

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Gruesome: Blood is seen smeared down the toilet wall in this crime scene photograph

 

 
Start of the trail: The first police officer on the scene said he traced spots and bigger blood marks downstairs (pictured) where Miss Steenkamp lay dead from three gunshot wounds

 

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Start of the trail: The first police officer on the scene said he traced spots and bigger blood marks downstairs (pictured) where Miss Steenkamp lay dead from three gunshot wounds

 

 

He said he warned fellow officers that they should be monitored closely because they could be tempting to anyone moving through the crime scene.

Pistorius’s sister asked if she could take one of the watches, leaving seven in place, he said. 

But Mr van Rensburg said another went missing while he was out of the room, prompting him to order the frisking of all the police forensic experts on the scene, as well as a search of their bags and vehicles, and the entire house.

Mr van Rensburg, who recalled that one of the officers had estimated the cost of the watch at close to $10,000 (£6,000), said he then opened a case of theft after the watch was not found.

Later, he said, Pistorius’s brother, Carl, asked if he could take the watches. 

Mr van Rensburg said he would instead hand the watches directly to Oscar Pistorius, but without the box, which was still being analysed. 

While doing so, he asked Pistorius to inform him if anything else went missing, but nothing else was reported stolen.

Meanwhile, Mr van Rensburg revealed that some media had offered up to $5,500 (£3,300) just for a picture of the toilet door.

 
Key witness: Former police station commander Schoombie van Rensburg gives evidence about what he found when he arrived at the scene around 40 minutes after the shooting

 

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Key witness: Former police station commander Schoombie van Rensburg gives evidence about what he found when he arrived at the scene around 40 minutes after the shooting

 

 

 

 

 
Horrific: Police officer Schoombie van Rensburg (pictured) said he followed the blood trail from Miss Steenkamp's body up the staircase (shown on screen), through a lounge area and into Pistorius's bedroom

 

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Horrific: Police officer Schoombie van Rensburg (pictured) said he followed the blood trail from Miss Steenkamp’s body up the staircase (shown on screen), through a lounge area and into Pistorius’s bedroom

 
Police colonel Schoombie van Rensburg followed the blood trail across the floor and up the staircase

 

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Police colonel Schoombie van Rensburg followed the blood trail across the floor and up the staircase

 
Blood stains can be seen on the staircase near to where Miss Steenkamp's body was found

 

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Blood stains can be seen on the staircase near to where Miss Steenkamp’s body was found

He said the door was placed in a plastic ‘body bag’ and transported to a police station, where van Rensburg said he stored it in his office because it was too big to fit in an area normally reserved for evidence from crime scenes. 

Yesterday, dozens of other crime scene photographs tracing the trail of blood through the athlete’s home were shown to the court – including ones of Miss Steenkamp’s corpse that made the athlete throw up in the dock.

The court was guided through the images from the Paralympian’s cocked 9mm pistol he used to kill Miss Steenkamp to the blood-splattered toilet where she was shot.

Blood was found on the floors, walls, stairs and chairs by one of two police officers who arrived on scene to find Pistorius in a ‘very emotional’ state in the aftermath of the killing.

His cocked 9mm pistol was found lying on a bathmat, alongside a mobile phone, while in the bathroom his cricket bat which he says he used to break down the toilet door to get to Miss Steenkamp was seen next to a bloodied towel.

 
Scene: Mr van Rensburg told the court that it was not possible for someone to have gained access to the bathroom window (top right) from the outside

 

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Scene: Mr van Rensburg told the court that it was not possible for someone to have gained access to the bathroom window (top right) from the outside

 
Evidence: A view of the bathroom window from the inside as shown on computer screens in the court

 

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Evidence: A view of the bathroom window from the inside as shown on computer screens in the court

 

 

 

An image of Miss Steenkamp’s blood-covered body and skull was also accidentally displayed on the court monitors when the operator was scrolling through the pictures.

It brought gasps from the public gallery and Pistorius began violently retching before being handed a green bucket which he vomited into repeatedly.

After composing himself, the athlete questioned why the images were being shown and asked for computer screen in front of him to be turned off.

His sister Aimee, who was also crying, left her seat in the public gallery to comfort him in the dock.

Talking through the pictures, former police Colonel Schoombie van Rensburg said he traced spots and bigger blood marks downstairs where Steenkamp lay dead from three gunshot wounds.

He described how he saw Miss Steenkamp’s body covered in towels and plastic bags that the daughter of the estate administrator said she had used, with assistance from Pistorius, to try to stop the bleeding.

 
Denial: Pistorius maintains the killing was an accident and has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him

 

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Denial: Pistorius maintains the killing was an accident and has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him

 
Gripping: Members of the public gallery look at images of the crime scene on a TV in the courtroom

 

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Gripping: Members of the public gallery look at images of the crime scene on a TV in the courtroom

 

 

 
Supportive: The court heard that Pistorius's sister Aimee (right) arrived at the house with a lawyer shortly after the first police officers attended the scene

 

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Supportive: The court heard that Pistorius’s sister Aimee (right) arrived at the house with a lawyer shortly after the first police officers attended the scene

 
Adjourned: The sprinter leaves the high court in Pretoria at the end of the second week of the trial

 

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Adjourned: The sprinter leaves the high court in Pretoria at the end of the second week of the trial

 

 

 
Oscar Pistorius is accompanied by relatives as he walks towards the high court in Pretoria

 

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Oscar Pistorius arrives at the high court in Pretoria

 

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Back for another day: Pistorius is flanked by security as he makes his way to the high court in Pretoria

Moments later, he found a ‘very emotional and crying’ Pistorius in the kitchen pacing up and down.

‘I asked him what happened but he didn’t answer me,’ Van Rensburg told the court. ‘He was in tears.’

He then followed the blood trail across the floor, up the staircase, through a small lounge area and then into Pistorius’s bedroom. 

Ultimately, van Rensburg reached the bathroom where the world-famous athlete shot his girlfriend in the early hours of Valentine’s Day last year. 

There, van Rensburg said he found Pistorius’s 9mm, with the hammer cocked and the safety off, on a bath mat.

‘It was ready to fire,’ he said, when shown a picture. ‘You just have to pull the trigger.’

 
Graphic: Oscar Pistorius was physically sick in the dock after horrific images of his girlfriend's blood-splattered body were accidentally shown in court

 

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Graphic: Oscar Pistorius was physically sick in the dock after horrific images of his girlfriend’s blood-splattered body were accidentally shown in court

 
Blunder: Graphic pictures were displayed on a screen while the operator was scrolling through trying to find other images

 

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Blunder: Graphic pictures were displayed on a screen while the operator was scrolling through trying to find other images

Agony: Pistorius covers his head in despair as he listens to graphic evidence of the moment he killed Miss Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year

 

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Agony: Pistorius covers his head in despair as he listens to graphic evidence of the moment he killed Miss Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year

 
Despair: The court was briefly shown, apparently by accident, graphic images of Miss Steenkamp's blood-stained body after he shot her dead

 

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Despair: The court was briefly shown, apparently by accident, graphic images of Miss Steenkamp’s blood-stained body after he shot her dead

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