https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/oscar-pistorius-to-hear-appeal-over...

SOUTH Africa’s Supreme Court has given Oscar Pistorius a harsher prison term for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after a court ruled his punishment was too lenient.

The disgraced former Paralympian’s sentence has been increased from six years to 13 years and five months.

The court tonight upheld an appeal by prosecutors, who challenged Pistorius’ original six-year jail sentence saying it was “inappropriate” for his conviction of murder in the shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

The Blade Runner, who turned 31 on Wednesday, was initially convicted of manslaughter but also had that conviction overturned and replaced with a murder conviction by the Supreme Court.

The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years

The prosecution argued that Pistorius’ disability should not have been a mitigating factor and that the athlete, who wept regularly throughout the trial, had not shown genuine remorse, but rather felt sorry for himself and regretted his actions.


exactly  not having his legs didnt prevent him competing in the Olympics did it???

why would it prevent him from killing anyone.. ..