I was unawre of the appeal. I kinda let the case go, but....
Oscar Pistorius prosecutors to appeal against verdictSpokesman for South Africa’s national prosecuting authority says it will appeal culpable homicide ruling and five-year jail termDavid Smith in Johannesburg
The Guardian, Monday 27 October 2014 13.29 GMT
Prosecutors will appeal the verdict and sentencing of Oscar Pistorius, officials have said, raising the prospect that his conviction for culpable homicide could yet be upgraded to murder.
Nathi Mncube, a spokesman for South Africa’s national prosecuting authority, wrote on Twitter: “Oscar Pistorius judgment, NPA will be appealing both the conviction and sentence.”
Mncube said the next step is to file papers in court, adding: “The appeal on conviction is based on the question of law.”
There was a public outcry when Judge Thokozile Masipa found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide – the South African equivalent of manslaughter – for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s day last year.
She said there was no reason to doubt the Paralympian’s claim that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder and did not intend to kill anyone when he shot four times through a locked toilet door. Anger intensified last week, including among campaigners against gender violence, when Masipa sentenced Pistorius to five years in prison, especially because he could be eligible to switch from jail to house arrest after just 10 months.
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