BREAKING!!! Oscar Pistorius murder appeal denied, now faces up to 15 years for murder conviction

South Africa’s constitutional court has rejected a last-ditch attempt by Oscar Pistorius to appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

“We can confirm that Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal has been denied … The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects of success,” Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority, told reporters. In December last year the supreme court of appeal found him guilty of murder, reversing a 2014 ruling by the high court in Pretoria, which had only found him guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter.

Pistorius, a Paralympic champion, shot dead Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and law graduate in 2013. He now faces a possible minimum 15-year jail sentence.

source;theguardian