Date set for Oscar Pistorius' sentence appeal
The Oscar Pistorius case will be back in court in November.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that the State's application for leave to appeal Oscar Pistorius' jail term will be heard on 3 November.
The Supreme Court in Bloemfontein has set down one day to hear the state's appeal.
Pistorius, a former Paralympian, has been convicted of murder.
In June 2016 he began serving his six-year jail term for the Valentine's Day killing of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
He had initially been found guilty of culpable homicide and received a five-year prison sentence, but on appeal by the State he was found guilty of murder.
NPA spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku says the six-year jail term is shockingly inappropriate.
"We are confident the sentence is shockingly low. The prescribed minimum sentence for murder is 15 years. While the judge has discretion to what sentence they prescribe, this discretion was used in a shocking manner," Mfaku says.
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