Oscar Pistorius in day clinic for tests
2013-02-14 13:33
Pretoria - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius arrived in a police
convoy at the Mamelodi Day Hospital on Thursday following the Valentine's Day
shooting of model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp at his home.
He was taken to the clinic at high speed following a period
at the Boschkop police station in the morning.
According to police spokesperson Brigadier Denise Beukes,
his blood alcohol levels would be tested, and his fingernails would be tested
for forensic evidence.
Pistorius was expected to appear in the Pretoria Magistrate's
Court later on Thursday.
A large contingent of local and international news crews set
up camera tripods in the blazing sun outside.
Inside the court, at one point, the magistrate presiding
over an unrelated case told a journalist he was "disturbing"
proceedings.
He then said he had been informed "that matter will
only be in court at 14:00". Journalists then walked out of the packed courtroom.
The Paralympic and Olympic track star was arrested on
Thursday morning following the shooting of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in
the Silver Woods Country Estate in Boschkop.
- SAPA
