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| South Africa’s constitutional court has denied Oscar Pistorius the right to appeal against his murder conviction for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. | South Africa’s constitutional court has denied Oscar Pistorius the right to appeal against his murder conviction for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. |
| Defence lawyer Andrew Fawcett confirmed the decision and said: “We’ll proceed to the sentencing.” | |
| Pistorius has been on bail awaiting a new sentence since December, when judges found him guilty of murder, overturning his earlier conviction on the lesser charge of culpable homicide for killing Steenkamp. He applied for leave to appeal in January. | Pistorius has been on bail awaiting a new sentence since December, when judges found him guilty of murder, overturning his earlier conviction on the lesser charge of culpable homicide for killing Steenkamp. He applied for leave to appeal in January. |
| He is facing a minimum jail term of 15 years, which may include time already spent behind bars. In October he was released to live under house arrest after serving one year of his original five-year sentence, and is due in court on 18 April for fresh sentencing on the murder conviction. | He is facing a minimum jail term of 15 years, which may include time already spent behind bars. In October he was released to live under house arrest after serving one year of his original five-year sentence, and is due in court on 18 April for fresh sentencing on the murder conviction. |
| More details soon … | More details soon … |