A new emerging evidence has revealed that South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius beat lover Reeva Steenkamp with cricket bat before shooting her dead, Daily Mail reports.
The Paralympian had recently said during his trial that he mistook her for an intruder prowling in his wash room thus mistakenly gunning her down. But forensic experts believe some two injuries found on the back of the deceased body matches with the tip of a bat which is part of the evidence at the center of the investigation.
Marks purportedly left in the form of ripped and twisted handle also suggest that there was some sort of struggle between the two.
There have been claims by two brothers Calvin and Thomas Mollett in new book Oscar vs The Truth after reviewing evidence and carrying out their own tests, The Metro, reported.
If this book is approved, it would bolster the prosecution's case that Pistorius gunned down Miss Steenkamp during a late-night brawl after she had locked herself up in the toilet cubicle.
The athlete claimed he shot four times through the closed door in self-defence fearing a burglar was about to attack him.
He told his trial that when he realised it was his lover Miss Steenkamp, he used the cricket bat to smash down the door in an attempt to save her.
Oscar Pistorius was cleared of murdering Miss Steenkamp in his home in Pretoria, South Africa on Valentine's Day 2013, but was found guilty of manslaughter.
His conviction was upgraded to murder after an appeal by the prosecution.
Oscar Pistorius faces 15 years in prison when he is sentenced June.
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