Oscar was helped by brother?
Police suspected the brother of Oscar Pistorius of wiping data from the Olympian's phone in the days after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a South African radio station claimed on Thursday.
Investigators believed Carl Pistorius synchronised his computer with his brother's iPhone, wiping out the entire call history and all WhatsApp messages, according to an investigation by Eyewitness News (EWN).
Police "considered charging him with defeating the ends of justice but ultimately declined to proceed with a case against him," EWN said.
It also revealed that Oscar Pistorius spoke to an ex-girlfriend, Jenna Edkins, just minutes before he came home to Steenkamp on the fateful night of February 14, 2013.
Edkins, who dated the runner on and off for several years, was stored in his phone under the pseudonym "Babyshoes".
The call was never raised during the trial, but EWN reported that both the prosecution and Pistorius's lawyers knew about it, and that Edkins was prepared to testify in the runner's defence if the phone call was used.
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