EVEN police officers clamoured to get photos of Oscar Pistorius on their mobile phones after the famed Olympic athlete was arrested for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South Africa's police minister says.
The former lead police investigator in the case has also revealed he had fears reporters were trying to buy pictures of key pieces of evidence from officers in the first few days after the shooting, including the toilet door through which Pistorius fired the shots that killed Steenkamp inside the athlete's home in the predawn hours of Valentine's Day.
The door was taken from inside the bathroom in Pistorius's house and put in "a body bag" and moved to a senior policeman's office after another officer came forward to say she'd been offered money to provide photographs of it to the media, former detective Hilton Botha said.
Botha did not name the media company or say how much money was offered, but said he was told the offer was from an international media company and was "in dollars".
South Africa's Star newspaper quoted Botha as telling it there was an offer of $US50,000 ($A49,000) for a photograph of the toilet door.
Botha said he had learned that South African reporters were also trying to buy photographs of evidence and the crime scene from police.
Police minister Nathi Mthethwa said 49 mobile phones were confiscated from officers at Boschkop police station in Pretoria after they were used to take photographs of Pistorius when he was being transferred between court and the station soon after his arrest. Mthethwa made the revelation in a written response to a question in parliament.
"This action was necessary after it came to light that photos were taken of a high profile individual who had been arrested," Mthethwa wrote in the reply to a question by South Africa's opposition party, the Democratic Alliance.
The minister said four "official" mobile phones and 45 private phones were taken from the officers six days after Pistorius's arrest. They could be used as evidence in possible disciplinary proceedings against the police officers.
Mthethwa did not reveal how many officers had taken photos of Pistorius or how many - if any - are facing disciplinary action.
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