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EWN Exclusive: Pistorius spoke to ex on eve of shooting

───   06:27 Thu, 02 Oct 2014

EWN Exclusive: Pistorius spoke to ex on eve of shooting | News Article

Pretoria - An Eyewitness News investigation has revealed that Oscar Pistorius was talking to his ex-girlfriend minutes before he arrived home to Reeva Steenkamp, on the eve of the Valentine’s Day shooting.

Pistorius had a nine-minute long conversation with Jenna Edkins just hours before he killed Steenkamp at his luxury Pretoria East home last year.

However, the police did not uncover this piece of evidence.

Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide for the Valentine’s Day shooting last month and will be sentenced on 13 October.

Cellphone service provider data obtained by police investigators shows that Pistorius was on the phone when he arrived at his complex on 13 February at about 6pm.

EWN cross-checked the dialled number on the athlete’s handset against the phone’s contact list.

The number had been saved under the name ‘babyshoes’.

Further investigations revealed that the number was used by Edkins but had been registered in her father’s name.

It appears police investigators did not make this connection and Edkins was never questioned by the authorities and she never gave them a statement.

Edkins declined to answer specific questions from EWN, saying only that it is common knowledge that she and Pistorius have remained friends.

The prosecution has declined to comment on how this potential piece of evidence was missed.

The defence has also not responded to questions.

Eyewitness News


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