NPA considering options after Oscar appeal bid rejected
Johannesburg – The NPA is still to decide on its next move after its bid to appeal Oscar Pistorius' six-year jail sentence for murder was dismissed on Friday.
"We will study the ruling and then we will consider our options," NPA spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku said.
"I am not persuaded that there are reasonable prospects of success for an appeal," Judge Thokozile Masipa said in the High Court in Johannesburg.
She dismissed the State's application with costs.
After Masipa had left the court, prosecutor Gerrie Nel turned to a colleague behind him, muttered something and shook his head. He left the court quickly, looking disappointed.