Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Oscar Pistorius files paper to appeal murder conviction




 South Africa Olympian, Oscar Pistorius, has filed papers to appeal against his conviction for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

A family spokesperson, Anneliese Burgess, told Reuter on Monday that the papers were filed at 15h00 local time in South Africa.

The athlete, nicknamed the Blade Runner, has spent the last three months under house arrest at his uncle’s home in a wealthy Pretoria suburb.

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