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Pistorius launches attack on State's application to appeal

Date: Oct 14, 2016

The legal team of convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius, has launched a scathing attack on the State's application to appeal the six-year sentence imposed on the Paralympian.

In the opposing papers filed at the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, Pistorius' attorney Andrew Fawcett has argued that it is an insult for the State to allege that the trial court misdirected itself by over-stating the personal circumstances of his client while under-emphasising those of the deceased and the seriousness of crime.

Pistorius was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's day in 2013. The State has described the sentence imposed on Pistorius by the Pretoria High Court as "shockingly lenient" and that the SCA should intervene.

Teboho Letshaba reports...

--SABC--

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