NPA to appeal Oscar's six-year sentence

NPA to appeal Oscar's six-year sentence

The National Prosecuting Authority will appeal Oscar Pistorius's six-year jail sentence.

NPA to appeal Oscar's six-year sentence
Khatija Nxedlana

It said in a statement,"The NPA has decided to file an application for leave to appeal,"


It said the sentence was "shockingly too lenient".


Pistorius was sentenced on July 6 for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013.


He was initially convicted of culpable homicide and received a five-year sentence, but the Supreme Court of Appeal last year ruled that the conviction should be murder and that he should be re-sentenced.


Judge Thokozila Masipa then sentenced him to six years in jail.

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