Press Association Sport now reports that the South African’s agent, Peet van Zyl, has said that he expects sentencing to take place from June 13 to 17
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“It is our respectful submission that the SCA committed no errors of law and that the arguments by the applicant are without merit and contrived,” it said
The former sprint runner was recently convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, after having his manslaughter conviction overturned in an appeal
Pistorius’ lawyer believes that the SCA had discriminated his client on the grounds of his disability and his feelings of vulnerability, which is prohibited by Section 9(4) of the Constitution, News24 reported
Nina told a German newspaper she fell in love with the double amputee after they “flirted” for months via Instagram and WhatsApp
Judges changed his conviction from manslaughter to murder last week
On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a lower court’s culpable homicide conviction and found the runner guilty of murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp to death on Valentine’s Day 2013.
“The bail application hearing for Oscar Pistorius has been set down for tomorrow at 9.30am (0730 GMT) at the Pretoria High Court,” the official, who declined to be named, said
The Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein has upheld the prosecutors’ appeal – with judge Eric Leach stating that the original judgement was flawed, a decision agreed on by all five judges at the highest court of appeal in South Africa, and that “in the interests of justice” he should not have been convicted of a lesser crime
The Paralympic gold medallist was freed on parole less than a year into a five-year sentence for the “culpable homicide” of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he killed on Valentine’s Day in 2013
Pistorius was wearing a black baseball cap and sunglasses when he arrived Saturday morning at the Garsfontein police station in the South African capital, Pretoria
“On the objective facts, the accused cannot escape the conviction of murder,” prosecutor Gerrie Nel said, addressing a panel of five judges, who could convict Pistorius of murder
Although the family is not commenting on the matter, Pistorius will no doubt be pleased to be released on correctional supervision, after his hopes of leaving the prison earlier were dashed at least three times over the past two months.
Pistorius shot his girlfriend through a locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day 2013, but told the court that it was a mistake and that he thought there was an intruder in his house
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Oscar Pistorius will be released from jail next Friday after serving only 10 months of a five-year sentence for murdering…
The decision came after Judge Thokozile Masipa, who convicted Pistorius for manslaughter last September, rejected in March a new attempt by the athlete’s lawyers to block prosecutors from raising his prison term
Report says that the 28-year-old double-amputee Olympic sprinter shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, dead through a bathroom door in his Pretoria home on February 14, 2013
She also said she had a “feeling of unease” at what she called an overemphasis on the athlete’s vulnerability
United States of America sports giant, Nike, has terminated its endorsement deal with Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee sprinter, who was found guilty of culpable homicide, says an official.