Outlining how pictures and audio can be used during the trial of the runner who is accused of the pre-meditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, judge Dunstan Mlambo said that three remote controlled cameras will be installed in the courtroom, with no camera people allowed in the room. Two still cameras will also be allowed.
Close ups of participants won’t be allowed nor will extreme close ups taken by the still cameras. There will be no televised coverage of Pistorius’ testimony or that of his defense witnesses. Witnesses can also withhold their permission for their evidence to be broadcast.
The judge also ruled that the entire trial could be broadcast on the radio.
Pistorius, a double amputee, known as the “Blade Runner” and famous as the only Paralympian ever take part in the summer Olympics, allegedly shot his girlfriend in the bathroom of their residence in Pretoria South Africa in 2013. He has been charged with first degree murder but Pistorius is claiming that he believed Steenkamp was an intruder and shot her by accident.
Pistorius’ lawyers had argued that televising the proceedings would compromise his right to a fair trial.
It will be the first time that South African court proceedings will be televised.
The trial, which is likely to attract a huge international media contingent because of the couple’s celebrity, begins on March 3 in Pretoria.
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