Bid to appeal Oscar Pistorius's 6-year sentence rejected
26 August 2016
Johannesburg – Judge Thokozile Masipa on Friday rejected the State's bid for leave to appeal the six-year jail sentence for murder she imposed on Oscar Pistorius.
"I am not persuaded that there are reasonable prospects of success for an appeal. The application for leave to appeal against the sentence is dismissed with costs," she said in the High Court in Johannesburg.
Barry Roux, for Pistorius, had earlier argued that the State was merely dragging out legal processes and subjecting the former Paralympian to continued uncertainty.
"What does the State want? 10 years? What is the practical effect of that?"