SA prosecutors seek murder conviction for 鈥楤lade Runner鈥
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Prosecutors yesterday called for South Africa鈥檚 鈥淏lade Runner鈥 Oscar Pistorius to be convicted of murder and sent back to jail for shooting his girlfriend, challenging a court鈥檚 decision to sentence him for a lesser offense.
The Paralympic gold medallist was freed on parole last month less than a year into a five-year sentence for the 鈥渃ulpable homicide鈥 of Reeva Steenkamp, who he killed on Valentine鈥檚 Day in 2013.
Pistorius himself did not attend the half-day Supreme Court hearing into his highly-charged case, which has prompted a fierce debate in South Africa, and accusations from some rights groups that the white track star got preferential treatment.
Members of the ruling ANC party鈥檚 Women鈥檚 League attended the session and told reporters that Pistorius had been let out too soon and should have his conviction upgraded to murder, which has a minimum 15-year sentence.
Prosecutors argued that high court Judge Thokozile Masipa had made legal errors when she decided not to convict Pistorius of the more serious charge of murder last year.
The five Supreme Court judges said they would give their ruling at a later date, without specifying when. Legal experts say they could convict Pistorius of murder themselves, order a retrial or reject the prosecution鈥檚 appeal. Their judgement could take weeks.
State prosecutors said they would aim to show that the high court approached the circumstantial evidence incorrectly and excluded relevant evidence.
Pistorius, dubbed 鈥淏lade Runner鈥 because of the carbon fibre prosthetic blades he uses to compete, has denied deliberately killing his girlfriend, saying he mistook her for an intruder at his home.
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