- 52-year-old spent six years in police investigative psychology unit
- Regularly attended court with Pistorius family during bail hearing
- Cannot be consulted by prosecution for her nephew’s case due to family ties
By Steve Robson
PUBLISHED: 02:24 EST, 25 February 2013 | UPDATED: 08:01 EST, 25 February 2013
Oscar’s aunt Micki Pistorius is a top criminal profiler, it has emerged
The aunt of alleged murderer Oscar Pistorius is one of South Africa’s criminal profilers, it has been revealed.
Micki Pistorius, 52, is the author of ‘Profiling Serial Killers and other crimes in South Africa’ and spent six years in the country’s police department as founder of an investigative psychology unit.
During her role, she was involved in more than 30 serial killer cases and helped train nearly 200 detectives in the investigation of serial homicides.
She regularly attended court with the rest of the Pistorius family during his bail hearing last week, but has not made any public comment about his case as yet.
A prosecution lawyer confirmed to The Independent yesterday that Dr Pistorius will not be consulted about her nephew’s psychology due to her family ties – although the issue is likely to be discussed in court.
The athlete has been accused of having ‘a propensity for violence’ during his bail hearing but magistrate Desmond Nair said he was not satisfied this had been proven.
In her book ‘Catch Me A Killer’, Dr Pistorius claimed to have extra-sensory powers of perception which she called ‘cryptesthesia’.
She has also made controversial comments about killers saying: ‘Serial killers are not monsters; they are human beings with tortured souls. I will never condone what they do, but I can understand them.’
Yesterday a picture emerged which is believed to be the last image of Reeva Steenkamp alive before she was allegedly murdered by Oscar Pistorius.
The 29-year-old is pictured grinning broadly behind the wheel of her car – just hours later she was dead.
The picture is taken from CCTV footage that shows the model arriving at the luxury housing complex where Pistorius lived.
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CCTV: The video stills apparently show 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp looking happy as she pulled up at the star’s home in Pretoria, reported the respected South African investigative programme Carte Blanche
On camera: Miss Steenkamp was pictured on a camera pulling into the guarded entrance of the Silver Woods estate in her Mini Cooper car just before 6pm on the day before Valentine’s Day
Miss Steenkamp is seen grinning as security guards let her drive her Mini Cooper into the Silver Woods estate on the outskirts of Pretoria just before 6pm.
Ten minutes later, Paralympic champion Pistorius is also shown arriving in his white BMW.
He uses a lane that is further away from the CCTV camera and it does not capture his facial expression.
The 30 seconds of footage was broadcast on South African television last night.
According to police, soon after the recording was taken the couple started arguing so loudly that his neighbours heard them ‘shouting and screaming’.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is at home after being granted bail following a gruelling four-day hearing
Then, in the early hours of Valentine’s Day, Pistorius allegedly took out his gun and shot Miss Steenkamp in the head, hip and arm as she hid in the bathroom.
Pistorius, 26, claims he mistook her for an intruder.
The television channel also broadcast a brief interview with Miss Steenkamp’s parents, Barry and June, from their home in Port Elizabeth.
In it, Mr Steenkamp said: ‘It’s only Oscar [and] Reeva that know the true story. All I want is that he must just come out with the honest truth.’
Mrs Steenkamp added: ‘We can’t come to terms with this. This is going to be for ever.’
Oscar’s uncle, Arnold Pistorius, said yesterday that Oscar being released on bail was ‘only the beginning of a long road to prove that . . . [he] never intended to harm Reeva’.
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