Pistorius TV Network Shows Picture Of Witness

Double-amputee Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, looks
on as he appears in the magistrates court in Pretoria

Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial was briefly halted Tuesday after reports that a South African television station broadcasted a photograph of key witness neighbor Michelle Burger, violating her request for privacy.

A judge ruled last week that all witnesses in the Olympian double-amputee’s murder trial had a right to privacy from media scrutiny, NBC reports. But South African TV station eNCA broadcast an image of Burger taken from the website of the university where she teaches, saying that the image was publicly available and therefore did not violate the judge’s order.

Read more: Oscar Pistorius Trial Halted After Pic of Michelle Burger Broadcasted | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2014/03/04/oscar-pistorius-neighbors-witness-broadcast-photo/#ixzz2v6C62BSh


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