JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities say they are arranging for Oscar Pistorius to appear in court soon following his murder conviction for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority, said Friday that the double-amputee Olympian, currently under house arrest, must appear in a trial court so that a date for sentencing can be set.
Mfaku says the court would also address the issue of bail.
On Thursday, an appeals court convicted the former track star of murder, overturning the trial court’s manslaughter conviction. Pistorius spent one year of a five-year sentence in jail for the lesser offense and then was put under house arrest in October.
Pistorius shot Steenkamp in his home on Valentine’s Day 2013.
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Whoa, dude – not a very merry Christmas for you, I guess.
And a most deserved rotten Christmas
I am so pleased this happened. I watched this trial as it unfolded and he deserves prison for a very long time. He knew she was in that bathroom. There is simply no way he did not. Hopefully he’ll get a lengthy prison term and the first verdict was simply outrageous.
Say what you will about the U.S. system of justice, at least here when you appeal your conviction, you can’t be convicted of a greater crime by the appeals court. That turns an appeal into quite a risky roll of the dice, especially when your appellate judge could be someone like Scalia.
I far prefer the U.S. system of appellate justice. That said, I am going to take great pleasure in this verdict!