‘Pieces of the Puzzle: The Killing’

KDP | AMAZON: The first in a two-part Kindle series, 'Pieces of the Puzzle: The Killing' was the first book, globally, to be published on the biggest story to come out of South Africa since the release of Nelson Mandela. The 2013 Valentine's Day shooting in South Africa shocked the world. Twitter broke the news. Olympics and Paralympics hero, Oscar Pistorius had killed girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Written in real time as events were unfolding, the e-book covers a seven-month period from the day of the shooting to the Blade Runner’s pre-trial appearance on 19 August 2013. Through the eyes of the media, of family and friends, of the authorities, the sporting fraternity and the protagonists themselves, this e-book introduces the role players, summarises the bail hearing evidence and illuminates the context of the tragedy. (ASIN: B00C4VLWIC)

In an early indication of police contamination of the crime scene, at the end of the first day of the bail hearing, I noted that the Prosecution were intending to call Detective Hilton Botha, the investigating officer, to the stand the next day. I did a Google search for the name and found a New Age article from 2012 that detailed Botha’s arrest on seven charges of attempted murder. I alerted an Eyewitness News radio reporter and by the third day of the bail hearing, Botha was off the case.

Laurianne Claase

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