Athlete applies to lift case to South Africa’s constitutional court after his earlier conviction for culpable homicide was overturnedOscar Pistorius has applied for leave to appeal to South Africa’s constitutional court in a final-ditch attempt to overturn his murder conviction for shooting dead his girlfriend in 2013.
Pistorius has been on bail awaiting a new sentence since December,when judges found him guilty of murder, overturning his earlier conviction on the lesser charge of culpable homicide for killing Reeva Steenkamp.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com