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NPA to petition SCA over Pistorius

───   18:22 Thu, 15 Sep 2016

NPA to petition SCA over Pistorius | News Article
Oscar and Reeva/Gallo

Johannesburg - The National Prosecutions Authority (NPA) would petition the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein to challenge murderer Oscar Pistorius’ six year sentence, spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku said on Thursday.


“The prosecutors will be filing their petition at the SCA on Friday, all grounds for the appeal will be available at the court’s registrar,” he said.

Last month, Judge Thokozile Masipa denied the NPA leave to appeal the sentence, stating that there was no prospect for another court reaching a different decision.

Pistorius shot his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, 29, on Valentine’s Day in 2013. He claimed he shot through the bathroom door because he thought she was an intruder. Pistorius’ initial culpable homicide conviction was changed to murder by the SCA following the State’s appeal. Masipa subsequently sentenced him to six years in prison for the murder conviction.

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