NPA, Pistorius family on Oscar order

The NPA welcomed Wednesday’s decision by the High Court in Pretoria to grant the State leave to appeal against the conviction of Oscar Pistorius for culpable homicide.

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Oscar conviction appeal granted

High Court in Pretoria Judge Thokozile Masipa on Wednesday dismissed an application by the State against Oscar Pistorius’s sentence but granted the appeal against his conviction of culpable homicide.

Nel on Oscar’s application

The application by the State for leave to appeal Oscar Pistorius’s sentence and conviction was not an easy task, the High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday.

Oscar trial: Pistorius set to be sentenced

After a seven-month trial, paralympian Oscar Pistorius will find out his fate on Tuesday in the High Court in Pretoria after his model and law-graduate girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his house