By Barbara Jones Vital new evidence: Police claim that Pistorius attacked Reeva with the cricket bat Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius crushed his girlfriend’s skull with a cricket bat before shooting her dead, police have told her family. Details of the post-mortem examination of South African model Reeva Steenkamp were withheld from last week’s bail application hearing. But grieving relatives who saw her body before Tuesday’s cremation in Port Elizabeth described horrific injuries from the cricket bat, and entry wounds from 9mm bullets fired by Pistorius. They were also briefed about the model’s death by police and lawyers from the state prosecutor’s office.
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Reeva Steenkamp's skull crushed during attack, South African police say
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Grieving relatives who saw body before cremation described horrific injuries
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Pistorius told bail hearing he used bat to break down toilet door
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Currently being examined by forensic team for evidence
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