Didn't have a leg to stand on...
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2017 8:19 am
Good news this:
Oscar Pistorius has had his sentence increased from six years to 13 years and five months for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal increased the sentence after the state argued that his original sentence of six years was "shockingly lenient".
The athlete was not in court for the ruling.
The court handed down the minimum 15-year sentence prescribed for murder in South Africa, subtracting the year Pistorius has already served.
Pistorius was jailed in July 2016 after being found guilty on appeal of murdering Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.
The runner claimed he mistook 29-year-old Ms Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four bullets through the bathroom door in the early hours of 14 February, 2013.
https://news.sky.com/story/pistorius-mu ... s-11141091
Oscar Pistorius has had his sentence increased from six years to 13 years and five months for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal increased the sentence after the state argued that his original sentence of six years was "shockingly lenient".
The athlete was not in court for the ruling.
The court handed down the minimum 15-year sentence prescribed for murder in South Africa, subtracting the year Pistorius has already served.
Pistorius was jailed in July 2016 after being found guilty on appeal of murdering Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013.
The runner claimed he mistook 29-year-old Ms Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four bullets through the bathroom door in the early hours of 14 February, 2013.
https://news.sky.com/story/pistorius-mu ... s-11141091