Pistorius’ appeal verdict due tomorrow

Pistorius’ appeal verdict due tomorrow

Pistorius’ appeal verdict due tomorrow

SOUTH Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal
will announce tomorrow its verdict on
an attempt by state prosecutors to have
Oscar Pistorius convicted of murder for
shooting dead his girlfriend, Reeva
Steenkamp, the court registrar said.
The Paralympic sprinter was found
guilty last year of the lesser crime of
culpable homicide – the equivalent to
manslaughter – for killing Steenkamp in
the early hours of Valentine’s Day, 2013.
Pistorius, who said he mistook
Steenkamp for an intruder when he
opened fire, was released from jail on
parole in October after serving one year
of his five-year sentence, according to
AFP.
“The judgment will be delivered at 09:45
on December 3,” the registrar said in a
brief emailed statement.
At the crux of the appeal case was how
trial judge Thokozile Masipa interpreted
the principle of “dolus eventualis” –
awareness of the likely outcome of an
action – under which she acquitted
Pistorius of murder.