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Oscar Pistorius prosecutors to appeal against conviction and sentence Oscar Pistorius prosecutors to appeal against verdict
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South Africa’s state prosecutors will appeal the culpable homicide conviction and five-year prison sentence given to Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius last week, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said. South Africa’s state prosecutors will appeal the culpable homicide conviction and five-year jail sentence handed down last week on Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has said.
“Oscar Pistorius judgement, NPA will be appealing both the conviction and sentence,” NPA spokesman Nathi Mncube said on his Twitter feed on Monday. “Oscar Pistorius judgement, NPA will be appealing both the conviction and sentence,” NPA spokesman Nathi Mncube said on his Twitter feed.
Pistorius started serving his sentence on 21 October after he was acquitted of murder and found guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a toilet door in his Pretoria home. Pistorius, whose lower legs were amputated as a baby but who ran on carbon fibre prosthetic limbs, was convicted of culpable homicide last month for the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law graduate and model, at his Pretoria home.
Under the current terms, the athlete is eligible for release after 10 months and would then complete his sentence under house arrest. Prosecutors failed to prove murder after the athlete said he fired in the mistaken belief an intruder was hiding behind the door.
Judge Thokozile Masipa’s ruling drew criticism from some legal experts who said she had made an error in her interpretation of the legal concept of “dolus eventualis”, whereby a person is held accountable for the foreseeable consequences of their actions.
Other lawyers said her verdict was sound.
In South Africa, an appeal by the state against a verdict can only be made on a matter of law, and does not involve a retrial or the submission of any new evidence.
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