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Hunched over, with his arms over his head, Oscar Pistorius retched as Professor Gert Saayman gave a detailed account of the injuries his girlfriend sustained on Valentine’s morning 2013.
In a warm courtroom Dr Saayman revealed that the “black talon” ammunition used was “designed to cause maximum damage”. Black talon bullets open up into a petal-like shape upon impact, the razor sharp edges causing extensive damage to whatever they hit.
They are not standard-issue bullets but are widely available at gun shops. Dr Saayman also revealed how incapacitating Reeva Steenkamp’s injuries would have been had she survived, causing Mr Pistorius more distress.
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It’s been over four years since Susan Rohde’s lifeless body was discovered in the bathroom of a luxurious Stellenbosch hotel room – but, as her husband attempts to overturn his conviction for her murder, questions continue to surround how and why she died.
As papers filed at the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) reveal, many of those questions are now focused on the State’s forensic investigation of the 46-year-old mother-of-three’s death, and whether it was irretrievably bungled. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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