Appeal for Pistorius murder charge

Prosecutors in South Africa file papers calling for Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder, days before he is due to be released on probation.

BBC

Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Oscar Pistorius murder charge sought

South African prosecutors start an appeal to have paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius convicted of murder instead of culpable homicide.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

04 Dec

Pistorius convicted of murder on appeal trial

Oscar Pistorius was convicted of murder on Thursday by South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, which threw out his earlier conviction on a lesser charge for shooting dead his girlfriend in 2013.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Nov

SA state appeal to push for Pistorius murder conviction

Oscar Pistorius has hunkered down under house arrest, but South African state prosecutors will on Tuesday appeal in court for a murder conviction that would send him back to jail for years.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

03 Dec

Oscar Pistorius: From Olympic fame to murder appeal

Oscar Pistorius, the South African amputee sprinter who shot his girlfriend dead, on Thursday faces an appeal court ruling on whether he will be convicted of murder.

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

28 Oct

Arusha Man Loses Appeal Against Wife's Murder

Arusha Man Loses Appeal Against Wife's Murder
AllAfrica.com
THE Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal by an Arusha resident, Keneth Jonas, challenging death sentence imposed on him by the High Court for killing his wife, Christina Joseph. The motive behind the killing was unknown. Justices Katherine Oriyo ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

10 Sep

Appeal Court sets murder convict free

Daily News
Appeal Court sets murder convict free
Daily News
THE Court of Appeal has ordered the immediate acquittal of a resident of Morogoro Region, Sadick Ally, who was sentenced to death for killing his village mate, Simon Ananias, after hacking him with a machete for a yet unexplained motive. Justices ...

 

11 years ago

Daily News

03 Nov

Appeal's Court orders retrial of murder case

Appeal's Court orders retrial of murder case
Daily News
THE Court of Appeal has ordered fresh hearing of a murder case against an Arusha resident, Sumni Amma Awenda, who was sentenced to death for the brutal killing of his close relative's son. Court records show that Awenda had separated the head from the ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Why Pistorius was cleared of murder

Why Oscar Pistorius was cleared of most serious charges

 

11 years ago

BBC

Pistorius to Dewani murder trial

Andrew Harding asks if there are parallels in their murder trials

 

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