Spectacular turnaround in the trial of Oscar Pistorius: The Court of Appeal has ruled that it nevertheless is murder. The sprint star, who was recently released into house arrest, now faces up to 25 years in prison.
The South African sprint star Oscar Pistorius is on appeal of the murder of been convicted of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The defendant is “guilty of murder” because he had acted with “criminal intent”, Judge Eric Leach Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein on Thursday.
Leach referred the case back to the lower court. This must now set the new penalties. The prosecution had appealed against the judgment of Judge Thokozile Masip of 21 October 2014th “There were few lawyers in South Africa, who had kept the original judgment is right,” says the South African lawyer Christoph Leistner FOCUS Online. “Because it was obviously not self-defense – there remains a judgment only murder.”
Must Pistorius only five years in prison
? The transtibial amputees athletes had Steenkamp shot in February 2013 in Pretoria by the closed toilet door of his house and had been convicted in a first trial to five years’ imprisonment. In October this year, he was released into the house arrest for good behavior. In mid-November, he joined a social service to which he is required to complete in the context of house arrest.
Pistorius assured always to have held for a burglar and shot them in panic Steenkamp. “Now the sentence must be re-charged,” said Leistner. “For murder there are minimum 15 years in prison – in theory it could even be sentenced for life, which would in practice 25 years imprisonment. In this case, it is a lower motive or a long planning of the offense would have to be demonstrated. “
In order, however, the expert does not expect He even assumes that Pistorius must start from a judgment under the minimum level. “I believe that Masipa will make compelling grounds of appeal. For example, that Pistorius had acted in affect – then the sentence could be pushed “Leistner therefore expects that the new sentence will be five to ten years.. “And that must Pistorius then but really serve in prison,” said Leistner
Note:. Previously, ABC Online reported that Pistorius will not get any higher sentence. This message has now withdrawn the German Press Agency. The dpa writes: “remarks of the judge at the beginning of the meeting have been based erroneously by dpa and other media to the case Pistorius Thank you for providing your pardon..”
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