Friday, 13 March 2015

Pistorius fails in bid to stop S.Africa prosecutors from pursuing murder verdict



A South African court on Friday struck down athlete Oscar Pistorius' bid to block prosecutors from appealing the culpable homicide verdict handed down against him, in favour of a murder conviction, for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The Olympic and Paralympic track star is currently serving a five year prison sentence after being convicted in October of culpable homicide after a seven-month trial. A murder conviction might see him jailed for at least 15 years.

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