Thursday, September 11, 2014

Oscar Pistorius; South Africa; Judge says defence claims that police contaminated evidence and removed items from the crime scene "paled into insignificance." Financial Express;


STORY: "Oscar Pistorius trial: Judge says allegations of police contamination of evidence insignificant," published by the Financial Express on September 11, 2014.

GIST: "South African Judge Thokozile Masipa said while reading her verdict in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Thursday that defence claims that police contaminated evidence and removed items from the crime scene "paled into insignificance".  Pistorius, the double amputee who became one of the biggest names in athletics, shot dead his model and law graduate girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year."

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.financialexpress.com/news/oscar-pistorius-trial-judge-says-allegations-of-police-contamination-of-evidence-insignificant/1288030

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