(Reuters) – {The South African prosecution authority confirmed on Tuesday it would file an appeal against the culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence handed down to paralympian Oscar Pistorius last month.}<\/p>\n
Pistorius was absolved of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at the end of a seven-month trial after the state failed to convince judge Thokozile Masipa of Pistorius’ intent to kill when he fired through a locked toilet door at his luxury Pretoria home, leading to a conviction for negligent killing and a five-year jail term.<\/p>\n
“Today, we announce that the NPA will file the application for leave to appeal both the conviction and sentence,” the National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“The merits of the NPA\u2019s argument in this regard are contained in the papers that were filed with the registrar of the North Gauteng High Court today.”<\/p>\n
The Olympic and Paralympic athlete, whose lower legs were amputated as a baby, killed Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year by firing four 9mm rounds into the door of a toilet cubicle, in what he said was the mistaken belief an intruder was hiding behind it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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