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Originally Posted by Stay Golden

So now Oscars defense team shift the blame on the police. Well done low life.
Can't the lead investigator Botha be removed from the case and be replaced this is just a prelim. If the prosecution foresee this a potential stumbling block for them in a prosecution ??
The case hasn't even gone to trial.

Already done.

http://espn.go.com/olympics/trackand...-case-replaced

PRETORIA, South Africa -- South Africa's police head has appointed its top detective as the new lead investigator in the Oscar Pistorius murder case.

The decision came after it emerged the initial investigator, Hilton Botha, was facing attempted murder charges.

National Commissioner Riah Phiyega says Lt. Gen. Vinesh Moonoo will take over the investigation.

Phiyega says the Pistorius case "shall receive attention at the national level" and Moonoo will "gather a team of highly skilled and experience detectives."

She says Moonoo is the South Africa police's "top detective."