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.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Oscar Pistorius in appeal challenge

Lawyers for jailed South African athlete Oscar Pistorius launch a legal bid to prevent prosecutors from appealing against his acquittal on murder charges.

 

9 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.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Oscar Pistorius murder trial to open

Athlete Oscar Pistorius goes on trial in South Africa for the murder last year of his girlfriend, model and reality TV star Reeva Steenkamp.

 

9 years ago

BBC

03 Dec

Oscar Pistorius: Relief and tears after murder conviction

The conviction of Oscar Pistorius for murder, rather than manslaughter, is greeted with relief and tears in South Africa, writes the BBC's Pumza Fihlani.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Sep

Oscar Pistorius' appeal hearing set for November 3

Pistorius, once a poster boy for Paralympic sport, has been stripped of his lucrative sponsorship contracts and has not raced professionally since the shooting in 2013.

 

9 years ago

BBC

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.

 

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.

 

9 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.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Pistorius sentence: Jail or Olympic training?

Will he be jailed or could he compete in Rio Olympics?

 

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