NPA trying to bring Pistorius before court urgently
The National Prosecuting Authority said on Friday it was trying to bring Oscar Pistorius before court urgently for a sentencing date to be set after he was convicted of murder for killing Reeva Steenkamp.
“We are trying to arrange with the Pretoria High Court that he can appear before court, where the matter will be formally postponed for sentencing. We are trying to do this as a matter of extreme urgency. If it was up to us it would have happened yesterday already,” NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku told ANA.
He said scheduling, both for the initial appearance after his conviction of culpable homicide was overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday, and for re-sentencing, depended on the schedule of the high court.
Sentencing would depend specifically on the availability of trial Judge Tholozile Masipa and was only likely to happen next year, Mfaku said.
However, any available judge in the division could handle the initial appearance. - ANA
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