Pistorius today discovered that his
manslaughter conviction will be overturned. He is now facing a possible
15-year jail sentence after it was replaced with a charge of murder for shooting Reeva Steenkamp through a toilet door in his
home early on Valentine's Day 2013. The Olympic
sprinter was not in the Supreme Court of Appeal this morning to hear the
damning decision of a five-strong panel of judges.
The tragic killing of Miss Steenkamp, a
law graduate turned cover girl, at the hands of one of the world’s
greatest sports stars was described as ‘a tragedy of Shakespearean
proportions’ by Justice Eric Leach, who read a summary of the court’s
findings.
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