February 28, 2014 - 3:27PM
South African prosecutors (click here) pressing a murder charge against Oscar Pistorius have secured a meeting with Apple officials in the US over accessing potentially crucial evidence on the double-amputee athlete's locked iPhone, they said.
Pistorius said he forgot the password for the mobile phone, one of a number found at his home after he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.
Investigators have been seeking help from Apple through the FBI since last year to get access to the phone, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority said. Investigators from South Africa would now meet with Apple officials at the tech giant's headquarters in California, spokesman Nathi Mncube said....
South African prosecutors (click here) pressing a murder charge against Oscar Pistorius have secured a meeting with Apple officials in the US over accessing potentially crucial evidence on the double-amputee athlete's locked iPhone, they said.
Pistorius said he forgot the password for the mobile phone, one of a number found at his home after he shot dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.
Investigators have been seeking help from Apple through the FBI since last year to get access to the phone, a spokesman for South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority said. Investigators from South Africa would now meet with Apple officials at the tech giant's headquarters in California, spokesman Nathi Mncube said....
