South African state prosecutors will approach the country’s Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to challenge Oscar Pistorius’ six-year murder sentence after failing with a similar bid at a lower court, the National Prosecuting Authority have revealed.
Led by advocate Gerrie Nel, the state prosecutors will file an application to appeal the sentence on Friday, Reuters reports NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku to say.
Judge Thokozile Masipa dismissed a request by state prosecutors to appeal Pistorius’ sentence last month, saying she was not persuaded that there was a reasonable prospect of success at another court.
Pistorius was handed a six-year sentence in prison for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in an appeal last December.
Initially in 2014, he had been given a five-year sentence for manslaughter.
The jail term was less than half the 15-years sought by prosecutors, who said Pistorius had shown no remorse for the 2013 shooting.
