Judges double Oscar Pistorius' sentence to 13 years, 5 months - 24. Nov. 2017

[KarenUK]

Just spotted this quote at the end of the article in The Mirror

"He has severe depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. He has become isolated and fearful of venturing out in public."

Lucky for him that wont be a problem then for a while! :jail:

 

[Niner]

I too just heard the news!

:clap:

:judge:

 

[Tortoise]

YYYYYYYYYYeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!

I don't know if the decision has been posted, apologies if so - but it can be read here on Nick van der Leek's twitter account https://twitter.com/HiRezLife

 

[asanque]

I haven't really posted since the Oscar Pistorius trial.

However, I am back to say that I am so glad that justice has finally been achieved.

Oscar Pistorius murdered Reeva in cold blood and deserved the minimum of 15 years.

Masipa really should never get a case of this nature ever again. Terrible judge.

 

[DanceCard]

What is his current imprisonment status? I'm under the impression he's under house arrest these days - has been for quite some time.Or am I mistaken? Will he be returned to actual prison for this sentence?

Edited to add - I followed the OP threads here at WS but mostly lurked. For the original trial I wasnt a WS member yet. I was a member by the time of the 2015 appeal and posted a little on the threads then. Wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributed on the threads.

 

[MsMarple]

still got off lightly. with good behavior he may serve half that I'm guessing

Yep. Oh well, at the very least he'll sit in prison for another 6 years or so - for reals this time.

Pistorius must serve at least half of the 13 years and five months — nearly seven years — before he can be considered for parole. He has served a year and five months of his murder sentence.
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Friday's Supreme Court decision also has possible consequences for where he is held for the remainder of his sentence. Pistorius was moved from the high security Kgosi Mampuru II Prison in central Pretoria to Atteridgeville, which houses prisoners sentenced to six years or less. Pistorius might now be moved back to a higher security facility.
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Pistorius' lawyers have just one avenue open to them if they want to challenge the new sentence handed down by the Supreme Court, and that is to appeal to the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa.

Pistorius failed with an appeal to the Constitutional Court last year to challenge his murder conviction.

http://abcnews.go.com/International...n-sentence-increased-13-years-months-51357050

I wonder if he'll appeal to the Constitutional Court? He sure doesn't appeal to me... :behindbar

 

[DanceCard]

Yep. Oh well, at the very least he'll sit in prison for another 6 years or so - for reals this time.



http://abcnews.go.com/International...n-sentence-increased-13-years-months-51357050

I wonder if he'll appeal to the Constitutional Court? He sure doesn't appeal to me... :behindbar

That’s interesting, I thought he was still under house arrest (at his uncle’s house?) but a quick online search didn’t make it clear where he is nowadays.

 

[KarenUK]

That’s interesting, I thought he was still under house arrest (at his uncle’s house?) but a quick online search didn’t make it clear where he is nowadays.

I'm not sure which prison he is in, but his house arrest was revoked when he was re-sentenced to 6 years in the summer (June?) of 2016

 

[JLZ]

http://www.justice.gov.za/sca/judgments/sca_2017/sca2017-158.pdf

Judgement here. Easier to read than mobile screen shots.

 

[sinth]

I'm not sure which prison he is in, but his house arrest was revoked when he was re-sentenced to 6 years in the summer (June?) of 2016

Since November 2016 he has been at Atteridgeville Correctional Centre according to this article:
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/oscar-pistorius-transferred-to-different-prison-20161114

"The centre is used to accommodate offenders sentenced from 0 to 6 years and has rehabilitation and development programmes in place for all offenders in its care."
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How convenient for him that Masipa sentenced him to 6 years. I already read (either on twitter or in some news articles) that they are speculating that he will need to return to a proper prison.

 

[Tortoise]

Masipa the Perverse.

Thank goodness for legal remedies available for correcting such outrageous travesties of justice.

 

[DanceCard]

I'm not sure which prison he is in, but his house arrest was revoked when he was re-sentenced to 6 years in the summer (June?) of 2016

Thanks KarenUK ! I had completely missed that happening. Perhaps I was sleeping all through June 2016 ! 😂

 

[Really?]

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha....:jail:

 

[redheart]

So happy to hear about the sentence increase!

Really disgusted by this statement, though:

Pistorius's brother Carl said on social media that he was "shattered. Heartbroken. Gutted" at the decision.
"We have all suffered incomprehensible loss. The death of Reeva was and still is a great loss for our family too," he wrote.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42107701

 

[Fuskier]

This is wonderful news!
There is Justice in South Africa - after Masipa's version.

Well considered courageous Nel and legal team: to appeal Masipa's sentence for Pistorius.Thank you from the rest of the world who have been following this trial.
:takeabow:

Thank you Judges of The Supreme Court of South Africa for justice finally delivered.
:clap::clap:

 

[Viper]

Hahaha!!! It took a lot of people a very long time to correct the mistakes Masipa made, but here we are, finally!

He’s going to get transferred to a proper prison too! arty:

 

[DexterMorgan]

Wow. Good job. Im glad that he has to spend 95% of his new sentence in jail.

 

[Tortoise]

#OscarPistorius[FONT=&quot] will be eligible to apply for parole after having served a total of 7.5 years in prison (Aug 2024).

https://twitter.com/ulrichroux
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[Tortoise]

Ulrich Roux's calculation of 7.5 years starts at Feb 2017 for some reason.

 

[Cherwell]

Well, thank heavens for that. I hope the years pass v-e-r-y slowly for the cowardly lying murdering bully.

Just a shame they didn't reverse the verdict on the ammo possession. That is a precedent that needs to be knocked down.