‘You do everything to throw tantrums in front of people … I’m scared of you sometimes and how you snap at me and of how you will react to me.’ ibid. Reeva’s text
Dramatic mood changes, an explosive temper and a fascination with guns. ibid.
The verdict would be the most divisive of all. ibid.
Oscar Pistorius is known to the world as the Blade Runner … He also has a dark side: plagued by assault allegations, an intense fascination with guns, and what many describe as a violent temper … Oscar shoots and kills his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Rich and Acquitted s1e4: Oscar Pistorius
‘He was treated differently from the very beginning.’ ibid.
Most South Africans would fester in jail. ibid.
The best and most expensive South Africa has to offer. ibid.
14 February 2013 Pretoria, South Africa 4:15 a.m.: I walked into this horror movie. Storyville: The Life & Trials of Oscar Pistorius I, Oscar’s uncle, BBC 2020
Reeva was dead. He was covered in blood from carrying her down the steps. He kept crying out and crying out her name … complete disbelief; he was in shock … just weeping … They took him into the garage away from that. ibid. rozzer
I can confirm that there has previously been incidents at the home of Oscar Pistorius … allegations of a domestic nature. ibid. (inaccurate) rozzer to press 14 February 2020
Paralympics, Athens, Greece, 2004 200m: 21.97. ibid.
Golden Boy Loses Shine. ibid. Soweto newsboard
Police Pursue Steroids Theory in Oscar Case. ibid.
They should have done a blood-alcohol because there was heavy drinking going on. ibid. expert, news report
I come to the conclusion that the accused has made out a case to be released on bail. ibid. judge, bail hearing
He was pale. He was thin. He’d grown a beard. He was just a broken person. Storyville: The Life & Trials of Oscar Pistorius II, friend
Being thrust into that limelight probably brought a lot of other pressure a lot of us can’t imagine, especially for a young kid. ibid. fellow para-athlete
At times today the questioning by Pistorius’s defence team was persistent and combative, and it will continue tomorrow as they attempt to show that the evidence against him is not beyond reasonable doubt. Storyville: The Life & Trials of Oscar Pistorius III, BBC news
Pistorius has been involved in a legal battle with the IAAF who argue the blades give him an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes. ibid.
The evidence in some ways was disappointing. ibid. Rebecca Davis, journalist
Did your gun ‘accidentally’ go off or did you fire at the intruder? Storyville: The Life & Trials of Oscar Pistorius IV, prosecutor
You’re vulnerable but you go towards the danger: why would you do that? ibid.
She was talking to you. She wasn’t scared of an intruder. She was scared of you. ibid.
A tragedy that shook the world: Reeva Steenkamp, a beautiful and talented model, was brutally murdered in the early hours of Valentine’s Day. True Crime Recaps: Oscar Pistorius, Youtube 16.59, 2023
To the prosecution it looked like a cold-blooded murder. ibid.
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DNA would catch a killer for the very first time. Leicestershire: the bright teenager never made it home. A cyclist made the gruesome discovery next morning. It was Lynda Mann. Police combed the scene for clues. The BTK Killer, National Geographic 2013
The sample was put to the test: antibodies revealed that their killer had type A blood. ibid.
Another shocking sex crime shook the country. Another teenage girl was sexually assaulted and murdered. Her name was Dawn Ashworth. ibid.
A local teenager Richard Buckland was reported to police. ibid.
DNA had never been used to solve a crime ... A forensic revolution was under way. ibid.
DNA proved that he [Richard Buckland] was innocent. ibid.
A DNA dragnet was drawn across Leicestershire. ibid.
Colin Pitchfork was twenty-seven ... Detectives finally had a result. ibid.
Distraught Kath Eastwood prayed the monster who killed her daughter would die behind bars.
But murderous pervert Colin Pitchfork – the first criminal in the world to be convicted on DNA evidence – has appealed against his double life sentence.
And the timing couldn’t have been more brutal. Kath learned of his freedom bid on the 25th anniversary of her daughter Lynda Mann’s horrific death.
She has summoned her strength to write to the judge and has pleaded with him never to allow this man to go free. Daily Mirror news online article 31st March 2009
Usual crazies. A couple of mediums. One of them is convinced the killer is a police officer which is why he’s getting away with it. Code of a Killer II, rozzer to investigator, ITV 2015
You’ve got him. You’ve finally got him. ibid. Roberts to investigator
Colin Pitchfork received two life sentences for the murders of Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth. ibid.
The body of a small girl Dawn Ashworth … had been raped and strangled … Lynda Mann … semen sampled taken from both crime scenes … They decided to call Doctor [Alec] Jeffreys … The entire case would rest on this groundbreaking work … Gabriel Weston: Catching History’s Criminals I: A Question of Identity, BBC 2015
21st November 1983, Narborough, Leicestershire, 8 p.m. ‘Lynda’s body was found just yards from her home by a passer-by.’ Real Crime [with Mark Austin] s2e8: Cracking the Killer’s Code, news report, ITV 2020
Dawn Ashworth: ‘A girl of the same age as Lynda Mann, a girl on her own, going from A to B and disappears.’ ibid. rozzer
‘We contacted Dr Jeffreys and asked him to do a DNA test.’ ibid.
‘The world’s first DNA-based manhunt.’ ibid.
Each year there are over 500 murders in Britain. Every one is a tragedy sending shockwaves through families and communities. But some murders have an impact that no-one could have predicted, sparking a chain of events that ripple far beyond overturning old laws, revolutionising crime detection and ultimately changing the world we live in. Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes that Changed Us I, BBC 2019
A hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls leads to a new science – DNA profiling. ibid.