South African government to appeal 'lenient' Pistorius sentence
THE South African government has announced that it will appeal the six-year sentence imposed on Oscar Pistorius for the murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
The Paralympic gold medallist was sentenced to jail for six years in July for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on St Valentine’s Day 2013.
At the time, some commentators described the jail term as lenient.