Oscar's lawyer, Barry Roux lashes out at police inefficiency

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's lawyer, Advocate Barry Roux has lashed out at police inefficiency, saying they were to blame for many criminals not being convicted.

According to The Citizen, Roux reportedly told law students at Wits University that the biggest problem in South Africa was that people who committed crimes did so knowing that there was a fair chance they would not get caught -- or if arrested, wouldn't get tried.

Roux called on police to "wake up".

He also criticised certain procedures in court that led to delayed justice.

Roux said if justice was delayed long enough, people did not show up, or simply forgot what happened.

Pistorius was charged with murder following the fatal shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked toilet door at his Pretoria home on Valentine's Day last year.

He claimed he mistook her for an intruder.

Judge Thokozile Masipa will hand down judgment in the trial on September 11.