A South African appeals court will announce on Thursday whether it will change athlete Oscar Pistorius’ manslaughter conviction to murder.<\/p>\n
The Paralympic sprinter shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door in February 2013 but said he mistook her for an intruder.<\/p>\n
He was convicted of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, eight months later.<\/p>\n
State prosecutors say Pistorius should instead have been convicted of murder and want his prison term increased.<\/p>\n
They say the jail term should rise from five years to a minimum of 15 years.<\/p>\n
The court heard the state prosecutors’ appeal on 3 November.<\/p>\n
The five appeal court judges did not consider the facts but the application of the law, in a highly technical case.<\/p>\n
The judgement is due to be delivered by the Supreme Court of Appeal at 09:45 (07:45 GMT) on 3 December.<\/p>\n
The Paralympian was transferred to house arrest last month after serving one year of his five-year term.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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