The dramatic footage, aired during one of Australia's prime television ratings slots, showed the South African Olympian stumbling forward awkwardly without his prosthetic legs and holding his arm out in front of him as if he were carrying a gun. The footage suggests that Pistorius may be more mobile without his prosthetic legs than his defence team has claimed during the trial.
A spokesman for Channel Seven would not comment on claims by the athlete's lawyer that it agreed not to show the footage until after the trial. Nor would the broadcaster say how much it paid for the footage.
Wearing Lycra shorts and a Nike singlet, Pistorius is shown in the re-enactment demonstrating how he bashed down the bathroom door before putting the arms of Reeva Steenkamp, his dying girlfriend, around his neck and dragged her from the bathroom before moving her downstairs.
"Reeva, call the police," he shouts. "Get out of my f--king house." Pistorius's girlfriend was played by his sister Aimee and the re-enactment was filmed at his uncle's house where he has been living since the shooting. Prosecutors say Pistorius murdered his girlfriend after an argument but he says he fired the shots in the mistaken belief that there were intruders in the house.
The decision to air the video was slammed as "unlawful" by Brian Webber, a lawyer for Pistorius, who said it was never meant to be broadcast. He confirmed the video was made by The Evidence Room, a US company which puts together graphic re-enactments of crimes.
"We wish to make it very clear that the material that has been aired was obtained illegally and in breach of the non-disclosure agreement with The Evidence Room," he said in a statement.
"For the family, the airing of this footage constitutes a staggering breach of trust and an invasion of the family's privacy."
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