Oscar Pistorious has been denied the right to appeal his murder conviction for shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
The constitutional court in South Africa brought this ruling forward today, meaning that Pistorious’ case will now go directly to sentencing. This has been confirmed by his defence lawyer Andrew Fawcett.
Pistorious has been on bail since last year when a jury overturned his previous manslaughter sentence and found him guilty of culpable homicide. Pistorious made the decision to appeal in January but has been denied.
The verdict was overturned and changed after it was ruled that Pistorius would have known that whoever was behind the door in his bathroom would have died after being shot by him, especially considering his firearms training.
Pistorious will now have to head back to court again for a fresh sentencing following today’s revelations.
It is expected that Pistorious will face a minimum of 15 years for his crime.