Yesterday, Oscar Pistorious was denied leave to appeal his conviction for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, and this has been described as the ‘end of the road’ for the athlete.
News24 reports that the Constitutional Court made the ruling yesterday, and now the case will return to Judge Thokozile Masipa who had cleared the sportsman of murder.
“We can confirm we have received an order from the registrar of the ConCourt to the effect that his application for leave to appeal has been denied,” the spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Luvuyo Mfaku told News24.
Pistorius, whose manslaugter verdict was overturned in December 2015, will be sentenced on April 18 for murder, and he is expected to spend at least 15 years in jail.
Source: News24
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