State to appeal Oscar case
The State will appeal the judgment and sentence in the Oscar Pistorius case, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday.
"Since the 20th of October 2014 the prosecution team, advocate Gerrie Nel and advocate Andrea Johnson, have been hard at work studying the judgment, researching, and also consulting with legal experts with the view to establish whether or not there are sufficient grounds to appeal both the judgment and sentence," spokesman Nathi Mncube said in a statement.
"Today we announce that the decision to appeal both the conviction and sentence has been taken."
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