Graphic images of the blood-soaked bathroom where the runner shot his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp appeared in the media earlier this week.
Now former detective Hilton Botha, who was dropped from the investigation after it emerged he is facing two counts of attempted murder in a separate incident, says the revelation could scupper the prosecution case.
Botha told the Sunday People: 'It looks like the pictures have been taken one or two days after the scene because on the Saturday (following the shooting) I took it down and sent it away for forensics.
'This is why I took the door down. I knew that anyone could come in and take pictures and both our cases could be b******d.'
Botha said he had heard money was being offered for pictures of the scene.
He believes they were taken by a mobile phone camera and shown to the Pistorious' s defence team before official crime scene pictures were revealed to lawyers.
In the gruesome images, pools of blood cover the toilet and bathroom floor, with police tape marking the holes where bullets flew through the bathroom door, which is missing a panel.
It is thought that the low position of the bullet holes will be used by Pistorius's defence team to argue that he was not wearing his prosthetic legs at the time of the shooting, so could not have planned the murder.
The pictures, obtained by Sky News, also show trails of blood leading from the bathroom and down the stairs of the house, as the paralympian carried Miss Steenkamp's body and called for help.
The Sky footage also shows bloodied footprints - thought to have been caused by investigating officer Hilton Botha walking into the house without protective covers on his shoes.
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