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The investigating officer in the Oscar Pistorius murder case has seven charges of attempted murder against him.
This was confirmed by the police on Thursday.
Senior police spokesperson, Brigadier Neville Malila, says detective Hilton Botha was first charged in 2009.
Malila says police were advised by the director of public prosecutions on Wednesday, that Botha was being charged.
Botha is the investigating officer in the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, who was allegedly killed by paralympian Pistorius on Valentines Day.
Her memorial service and cremation was held in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
Criminal expert, Eldred de Klerk, says this new development on the investigating officer will, without a doubt, have an impact on the case.
