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Barry Bateman

Biography

Barry Bateman

Barry Bateman has been reporting in Pretoria, Pistorius's hometown, for the past decade. He was among the first journalists on the scene of the shooting and has been covering every development since.
 

Barry Bateman

Books by Barry Bateman

by Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman - Nonfiction, True Crime

Two acclaimed South African journalists tell the true story of Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympics superstar known as "the Blade Runner" who shot and killed his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013. Through compelling and descriptive narrative, South African journalists Mandy Wiener and Barry Bateman reveal the true story of Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp. Drawing on evidence from the trial as well as on-the-ground interviews with family and friends of Oscar and Reeva, this is the authoritative account of how a country’s golden boy may have become a cold-blooded killer.