The Constitutional Court of South Africa denied Oscar
Pistorius leave to appeal against his murder conviction due to "lack of
prospects of success." Pistorius, who fatally shot his girlfriend Reeva
Steenkamp in February 2013, will be sentenced on April 18 and faces at least 15
years in prison...
JOHANNESBURG - The Constitutional Court has denied Oscar
Pistorius leave to appeal his murder conviction.
The court says the defence had no reasonable grounds of
success.
The Olympian will now be sentenced for murder on 18 April.
The National Prosecuting Authority has said that they
welcome the decision of the constitutional court and is ready to go ahead with
sentencing in April.
“We can confirm that the Constitutional Court has denied his
[Pistorius’s] appeal due to the lack of prospects of success,” said NPA
spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku.
The Constitutional Court is the highest court in the land,
and was the last resort for the Paralympian to stay out of jail...
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