South African athlete is serving 13 years and five months for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013Oscar Pistorius will appeal against his increased prison sentence of 13 years and five months at South Africa’s constitutional court, documents show. South Africa’s supreme court of appeal (SCA) more than doubled his murder sentence last month, accepting prosecutors’ arguments that the original term of six years for shooting dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, was “shockingly lenient”. Continue reading…
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