27 October 2014
The National Prosecuting
Authority has announced that it will appeal the judgement and sentence of Oscar
Pistorious.
In a statement the NPA said the
appeal on conviction is based on the question of law.
The merits and the demerits of
the NPA’s argument in this regard and will become evident when we file papers
for leave to appeal.
Pistorius was last week
sentenced to five years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva
Steenkamp last year.
NPA Spokesperson Nathi Mncube said
that prosecutor Gerrie Nel and advocate Andrea Johnson had been studying the
judgment, doing research and consulting legal experts to establish if there
were sufficient grounds to appeal both the judgment and sentence.
“The prosecutors are now
preparing the necessary papers in order to be able to file within the next few
days Mncube added.
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