Prosecutors announced last month that they intended to appeal the six-year prison term, saying it was shockingly inappropriate for the crime of murder
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The Paralympic sprinting champion is currently serving a six-year jail sentence for fatally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, through a bathroom door at their shared home on Valentine’s Day 2013
He was was freed from prison in the South African capital last October after serving one year of a five-year term for culpable homicide – the equivalent of manslaughter
Pistorius was initially handed a five-year sentence after being found guilty of culpable homicide (manslaughter), but after serving almost one year behind bars, the double amputee’s conviction was upgraded to murder on appeal
However, four months ago, the conviction was changed to murder after it was declared that the original trial judge made a “fundamentally flawed” ruling
He was originally convicted of manslaughter, but that was changed to murder in December after it was determined that mistakes had been made in the original trial
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Judge Aubrey Ledwaba of that court, the North Gauteng High Court, granted Pistorius bail of $692 and extended his house arrest until his sentencing hearing, which he set for April 18
The board’s first meeting, two weeks ago in the eastern port city of Durban, ended without the panel of legal experts headed by a judge making a decision on Pistorius’ case, and the matter was postponed
But the athlete maintained he fired in the mistaken belief an intruder was hiding behind the door, a defence that struck home in a country with one of the world’s highest rates of violent crimes
Pistorius’s solicitor, Barry Roux, told the newspaper: “[Oscar] walks free in August and then has 10 months on parole. The parole conditions will be at their discretion, don’t drink, go to church, no drugs, he’ll have a psychological programme, an anger management course
Judge Thokozile Masipa said prosecutors could not challenge the length of the sentence given to Pistorius
Spokesman of the authority, Nathi Mncube, who made this known in Johannesburg, said that the body would appeal against the conviction and sentence of the paralympic athlete
Nel told the court that sentencing Pistorius to house arrest instead of prison would allow him to stay in a luxurious house, unless he wants to train or go to church and then be so kind as to do community service for two hours a week
He argued that the double-amputee Olympic sprinter acted in a state of “vulnerability and anxiety”, but was subsequently “crucified” by the prosecution, media and social media which branded him as a “cold-blooded murderer”
Appearing on the defence stand on Monday, a probation officer said that Pistorius should only serve house arrest with 16 hours community service a month, a call that has angered the prosecutors
The death of Ms Steenkamp was described in the statement from Pistorius’ family and management as a “terrible, terrible tragedy”