Pistorius leaked photo problems

[James]

A leaked photograph, purportedly showing the scene where model Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead, had "shaken" the family of murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius, his uncle said on Sunday night.

"We were shaken by the graphic images, leaked into the public domain this week, of the accident scene at Oscar's house," Arnold Pistorius said in a statement.

The picture was posted on the SkyNews website in the United Kingdom.
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[Wyzak]

My first thought is that it is a defence tactic. Surely the defence team has access to the photos, and it just happened to come out 4 days before the trial was due to start. Let's face it, the prosecutor didn't need public support to win the case. But the defence team needs a lot of help...