The head of the National Prosecuting Authority said on Tuesday he would discuss the five-year prison sentence handed down to Oscar Pistorius, and a possible appeal, with prosecutors. “We will consult with the prosecution team and then take the matter forward,” National Director of Public Prosecutions Mxolisi Nxasana told Parliament’s[…]
The ANC Women’s League will make submissions to the State on why it thinks the Oscar Pistorius case should be appealed, it said on Tuesday. “Regardless of what the outcome of the sentencing is today, the ANC Women’s League remains dissatisfied with the verdict delivered by Judge Masipa finding Mr[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday to five years imprisonment for the culpable homicide killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa said he was also sentenced to three years, suspended for five years, for firing a pistol under a table at[…]
The correctional services department on Monday denied reports that it had already prepared a cell for paralympian Oscar Pistorius at the Kgosi Mampuru II prison. “Any insinuation that the department has prepared a cell to incarcerate anyone who has not yet been sentenced to a jail term is both malicious[…]
After a seven-month trial, paralympian Oscar Pistorius will find out his fate on Tuesday in the High Court in Pretoria after his model and law-graduate girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his house. Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to hand down her sentence at 9.30am, after finding him guilty[…]
Oscar Pistorius should get either 10 years in jail or house arrest and community service, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Friday. Presenting closing arguments for sentencing, Barry Roux, for the paralympic athlete, called for the principles of ubuntu and restorative justice to be applied to the case. “Serious[…]
Closing arguments for sentencing in the culpable homicide case against paralympian Oscar Pistorius are set to be delivered in the High Court in Pretoria on Friday. During this week’s sentencing procedures, the State called two witnesses — the victim Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin, Kim Martin, and the acting national commissioner of[…]
There were tears, swearing, sarcasm, and even a birthday during sentencing proceedings for paralympian Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Pistorius’s lawyer Barry Roux had to apologise for losing his equilibrium with prosecutor Gerrie Nel, self-confessed Brett Kebble killer Mikey Schultz allegedly swore at Pistorius’s sister[…]
Kim Martin, the cousin of Reeva Steenkamp, is expected to conclude her testimony during sentencing proceedings for Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday. Prosecutor Gerrie Nel is set to wrap up his questioning of Martin who is testifying in aggravation of sentence against Pistorius, convicted of[…]
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius seemed shy and did not show much affection towards Reeva Steenkamp, her cousin Kim Martin told the High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday. “I still remember thinking ‘he’s just standing there’. He came across as quite shy,” Martin said to questions from prosecutor Gerrie Nel. She was[…]
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