Bloody bat 'found in Pistorius home'

Olympian sprinter Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp. Source: AFP

SOUTH African police have found a bloodied cricket bat at the home of Oscar Pistorius, a local newspaper is reporting, following the death of his girlfriend.

The star Olympian and Paralympian was charged on Friday with the Valentine's Day murder of  29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp who was shot dead at his luxury Pretoria home in a case that has gripped the world.

One source close to the investigation told the independent City Press newspaper "there was lots of blood on the bat".

Police are investigating whether the bat was used to assault Steenkamp, who was shot four times in the early hours of Thursday, or if she used it to defend herself.

Police have dismissed initial suggestions that Pistorius, 26, could have mistaken Steenkamp for an intruder.

Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius's girlfriend.

Steenkamp's family now says her body is back in her hometown of Port Elizabeth and a private funeral has been planned for Tuesday.

Adam Steenkamp, the late model and law graduate's brother, said "Reeva is back home".

The family said Steenkamp will be cremated in a ceremony closed to the public and the media in the city on South Africa's southern coast.

The 29-year-old Reeva was seen laughing and smiling on South African television Saturday night after national broadcaster SABC chose to air the first episode of a reality TV show she featured in.

Oscar Pistorius weeps in court in Pretoria, South Africa at his bail hearing in the murder case of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Picture: Antione de Ras - Independent Newspapers Ltd South Africa/AP

Pistorius - a national icon who inspired people around the world when he became the first double amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes in the Olympic Games last year - is spending the weekend in a police cell after being charged with murder.

He is due to apply for bail at a new court hearing on Tuesday, the same day a memorial service will be held for his slain girlfriend.

Pistorius, who had been going out with Steenkamp since late last year, faces a life sentence if convicted of premeditated murder, as alleged by state prosecutors.

His family have indicated that the star athlete, who broke down sobbing during his initial court appearance on Friday, will plead not guilty.

"We have no doubt there is no substance to the allegation and that the state's own case, including its own forensic evidence, strongly refutes any possibility of a premeditated murder or indeed any murder at all," his uncle Arnold Pistorius said in a statement on Saturday.

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