In yet another sensational twist to emerge from the Oscar Pistorius case . It has emerged his aunt is one of South Africa's top criminal profilers.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.
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.A prosecution lawyer confirmed to The Independent yesterday that she will not be consulted about her nephew's psychology - although it 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 Micki 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.
Meanwhile the brother of Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing charges over the death of a woman in a car crash in 2010 . Carl Pistorius, who was present in court over the past week to support Oscar, is charged with culpable homicide over the alleged accidental death of a female motorcyclist. The crash allegedly happened in Vanderbijlpark in South Africa's Gauteng province, an hour's drive south of Johannesburg.
He appeared in court just two days before his brother's bail hearing last week and was represented by the same lawyer as his brother, the highly-respected advocate Kenny Oldwage.Carl was initially accused of reckless or negligent driving, but the matter was later provisionally withdrawn. However, the charges were reinstated after the victim's family said they believed it was more than an accident.It is claimed police conducted tests on Carl Pistorius' blood at the time of the accident, and he was found not to have been drinking alcohol.In Britain the equivalent charge to culpable homicide is manslaughter. Carl Pistorius' trial is set to begin at the end of March.
It also emerged today that police told Reeva's family that Oscar Pistorius crushed his girlfriend’s skull with a cricket bat before shooting her dead.