Oscar at the 2012 London Olympics
South African state prosecutors have failed in their bid to challenge the six-year sentence for murder handed down to Oscar Pistorius.
According to BBCAfrica, Prosecutors described the Paralympic athlete’s punishment for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 as “shockingly lenient”.
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At the hearing in Pretoria, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the petition had no reasonable prospect of success.
The state now has 21 days to take its case to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
29 years old Pistorius, was given a five-year term for manslaughter in 2014, but was found guilty of murder last December after a prosecution appeal.
Oscar Pistorius and his girl friend late Reeva Steenkamp
He shot Ms Steenkamp through a locked toilet door and said in his defence that he mistook her for an intruder.
The judge said at the sentencing that she had deviated from the minimum 15-year sentence because of “compelling personal circumstances”.
Masipa said mitigating circumstances, such as rehabilitation and remorse, had outweighed aggravating factors, such as his failure to fire a warning shot.
In August 2012, Pistorius Competes in London Olympics and Paralympics, where he won a gold medal, Shoots dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February 2013, in March 2014 his was faced with a murder and the trial begins.
Oscar Pistorius wins gold in the men’s 400m at 2012 London Olympics
September 2014, Judge finds Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide He begins five-year sentence in October 2014
He was transferred to house arrest on October 2015, in December 2015 he appeals court changes verdict to murder
and in July 2016, Pistorius Sentenced to six years in jail for murder.
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