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SOUTH AFRICAN PROSECUTORS said their request to appeal Oscar Pistorius’s manslaughter conviction and five-year prison sentence would be heard on December 9.
The jailed Paralympian’s legal team has opposed the move, setting the stage for a hearing before the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in a month.
The National Prosecuting Authority had described Pistorius sentence for killing Reeva Steenkamp as “shockingly light”.
Under South African law the double-amputee could serve just 10 months in jail.
The prosecuting authority said it “believes there exists reasonable prospects of a successful appeal based on a question of law.”
The 27-year-old was handed the five-year sentence by Judge Thokozile Masipa after a sensational trial which lasted over seven months.
The athlete shot dead his 29-year-old girlfriend Steenkamp through a locked toilet door on Valentine’s Day of 2013. He claimed he mistook her for an intruder.
The judge found there was not enough evidence to convict him of premeditated murder, jailing him for five years, but the athlete could serve just one-sixth of that sentence in prison.
The prosecutors said in their papers that the judge “erred in over-emphasising the personal circumstances” of the athlete and the fact he was “anxious and ‘seems remorseful’” during the trial.
Pistorius is currently serving his sentence in the hospital section of Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.
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I just want games! Thats all!!! Right? That was the mantra last year, right??
Games are coming too
You’ve got Ground Zeroes and Infamous: Second Son coming out tomorrow.
Waiting on Watch Dogs… Infamous is decent, some love it…
The Witcher 3 is the big one on the horizon for myself
What about streaming sports ANYONE know !!
I like firstrowsports.eu, any match you want!
Rupert Murdoch has it all sewn up unfortunately.
Rights purchasing for top sports is pretty expensive.
Original content is possibly cheaper.
Microsoft are doing similar commissioning full ‘Halo’ series, with Spielberg & Ridley Scott attached, just as a vehicle to promote Halo 5.
Hopefully between this the xbox effort and Netflix i can get rid of my ridiculously expensive sky subscription.
Cancelled my sky 3 months ago. Between netflix and free to air channels no point keeping sky
Id be happy if they’d just let me put my pen into it and watch what ive downloaded.
Yes first row can stream on PS3 BUT not on the ps4 can you help or is this not possible
Alan they also removed the ability to use the ps4 as a media server .. Was really handy on ps3
Then why can’t u connect ext hardrives??
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