Pistorius prosecutors meet Apple to unlock iPhone

South African prosecutors pressing a murder charge against Oscar Pistorius 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 claimed he forgot the password for the phone, one of a number found at his villa 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, said a spokesman for South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority.