Prosecutors Seek to Lengthen Oscar Pistorius's Prison Term
- Six-year jail term for murder called ‘shockingly’ lenient
- Paralympic star shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013
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South Africa’s appeals court reserved judgment on Friday after state prosecutors asked to extend Oscar Pistorius’s jail sentence, arguing the six years handed to the Olympian for murdering his model girlfriend was “shockingly” lenient.
The Paralympic gold medalist shot Reeva Steenkamp in the bathroom of his home in the South African capital, Pretoria, on Valentine’s Day in 2013, saying he mistook her for an intruder. While the double-amputee was convicted of murder, the lower-court judge took circumstances including his state of mind into account in giving him a sentence less than the prescribed 15 years.