Oscar Pistorius Verdict Changed to Murder
Oscar Pistorius' conviction for manslaughter found incorrect by South African Supreme Court of Appeals, with a murder charge now imposed.
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Oscar Pistorius faces a return to prison after South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal ruled his initial manslaughter conviction for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp should be changed to murder.
Pistorius was handed a five-year jail term last October for the "culpable homicide" of Steenkamp, whom he killed by firing shots through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day 2013.
The Paralympic gold medallist, who said he thought Steenkamp was an intruder, was released and put under house arrest this October, having served a fifth of his sentence.
However, prosecutors said Pistorius should have been charged with murder – arguing the application of the law in his trial was not correct - and the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in their favour on Thursday.