{"id":4997,"date":"2017-12-20T00:31:02","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T07:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2017-12-20T00:31:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T07:31:02","slug":"pistorius-heads-s-african-supreme-court-appeal-increased-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/pistorius-heads-s-african-supreme-court-appeal-increased-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistorius heads to S\/African Supreme Court to appeal increased sentence\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\">\n<p class=\"article__title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-block\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/941930458421612544\/W1esr8US?format=jpg&amp;name=600x314\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p class=\"u-m0\">Jailed South African track star Oscar Pistorius will appeal against his increased prison sentence of 13 years and five months at South Africa\u2019s Constitutional Supreme Court.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"u-m0\">South Africa\u2019s Appeal Court more than doubled Oscar Pistorius\u2019 murder sentence last month, accepting the state prosecutors\u2019 argument that the original jail term of six years for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was \u201cshockingly lenient\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-m0\">South African appeals court increases Pistorius murder sentence<\/p>\n<p class=\"u-m0\">A South African appeals court on Friday November 24, 2017 increased Oscar Pistorius&#8217; murder sentence to 13 years and five months after the state argued that his &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\"><strong>Pistorius\u2019 family spokesman was not available to comment.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Legal analysts have said Pistorius could appeal to the Constitutional Court, South Africa\u2019s topmost legal authority, but saw his chances of success as slim.<\/p>\n<p>The gold medal-winning athlete, a double amputee known as the \u201cBlade Runner\u201d for his carbon-fibre prosthetics was given the minimum 15 years prescribed for murder by the Supreme Court, reduced to 13 years and five months, taking into account time served.<\/p>\n<p>The athlete was jailed in July last year after being found guilty on appeal of murdering model and law graduate Steenkamp on Valentine\u2019s Day 2013 by firing four shots through a locked bathroom door.<\/p>\n<p>Rights groups in a country beset by high levels of violent crime against women say Pistorius, 31, received preferential treatment compared to non-whites and those without his wealth or celebrity status.<\/p>\n<p>Although in jail, Pistorius has remained in the news. 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