Murder-convicted Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was electronically tagged on Tuesday following his successful bail application. Pistorius arrived at the Correctional Services’s Poynton Building in the Pretoria CBD at 14:00. Once he had entered the building, the glass doors were closed behind him. Journalists and photographers waited outside the gates to get[…]
Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius will be back in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday for an appearance ahead of formal sentencing proceedings. Pistorius will be resentenced after his culpable homicide conviction was overturned for a stronger conviction of murder. Last week, the NPA confirmed that prosecutors had been engaged[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) wants convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius to appear in court soon and receive a harsher sentence. Prosecutors have been engaged in deliberations since the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein overturned Judge Thokozile Masipa’s sentence on Thursday. NPA spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku said they[…]
June Steenkamp has spoken about her feelings after the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that Oscar Pistorius was guilty of the murder of her daughter, Reeva, overturning his culpable homicide conviction. She attended proceedings in Bloemfontein on Thursday, while her husband Barry remained at their home in Port Elizabeth. No[…]
Almost 90% of social media activity on Thursday was dedicated to the ruling made by the Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein which found Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder. According to statistics provided by media monitoring agency ROi Africa, 89% of SA’s social media activity in the last 24 hours[…]
For Barry Steenkamp it is finally “over”, but for Oscar Pistorius, it is probably the beginning of many years behind bars. It is now official: The once beloved Paralympian gold medalist is guilty of murder for firing four shots into a toilet cubicle, killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp behind[…]
Oscar Pistorius will now have to provide a compelling reason why he should not be sentenced to a minimum of 15 years in jail for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a legal expert said on Thursday. “He is still serving his sentence for culpable homicide, and the sentencing will be[…]
If the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) replaces Oscar Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction with murder on Thursday, it could order that he be taken back to prison pending a possible high court hearing on his sentencing, an expert has said. Marius du Toit, a defence lawyer and former prosecutor, told[…]
An official says that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) is finalising a decision on whether to send Oscar Pistorius back to prison by overturning a lower court’s manslaughter conviction and finding the Paralympian guilty of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Paul Myburgh, registrar of the Supreme Court of Appeal, told[…]
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) is expected to hear the State’s argument on Tuesday on why former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius should be convicted of murder, and not culpable homicide. In October last year, High Court Judge Thokozile Masipa sentenced Pistorius to five years in jail for killing his girlfriend[…]
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