Interested Bystander
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Please read some of the Bail Hearing again and let us know what you think. This is just some of it.
IMO Botha did a reasonable job but he said too much and some of that was wrong. He overestimated the distance to Michelle Burger's house and assumed the herbal remedy was steroids. He should have measured the distance or said it was just a long way away and said he did not yet know what was in the many boxes he found but it was being tested. If he wanted to mention steroids, he could have said they could be steroids or medication, etc.
worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/20/17026594-oscar-pistorius-in-court-defense-exposes-cracks-in-police-evidence?lite
All Botha had was a few days to find enough evidence to stop OP getting bail. I am not a Botha apologist, but just imagine his task. I guess Van needed a rest after working 24 hours straight so had little time so Botha was given the task.
I think Botha made a few mistakes and perhaps did not check on information that turned out to be crucial. There really was not much time to get it all together before the Bail Hearing. Roux therefore hung him out to dry. I am also very suspicious of the reintroduction of the charge of murder against Botha. IMO to muddy the water. As far as I can see he was only doing his job in trying to stop a vehicle containing criminals by trying to shoot out the tyres. I have not seen what happened with respect to that charge. Does anyone know? It is my suspicion that it will be quietly dropped.