Pistorius to be sentenced in June
Oscar Pistorius briefly appeared at the North Gauteng High Court on Monday where his sentencing was postponed to June.
Oscar Pistorius will know his fate by mid-June after his sentencing was postponed on Monday morning.
Many came to support #OscarPistorius at his sentencing pic.twitter.com/MwX89OjcUr
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The athlete briefly appeared in the North Gauteng High Court where Judge Aubrey Ledwaba announced that the formal sentencing proceedings will begin on 13 June and end on 17 June.
Pistorius’ legal team, in the absence of lawyer Barry Roux, requested an amendment to bail conditions two and three.
“The amendment that the accused wished to travel outside the hours and areas stipulated in his bail conditions only with the permission of his investigating officer.”
#OscarPistorius team present on behalf of Barry Roux. Gerrie Nel recaps on the dismissed appeal by OP and his legal team.
— Pretoria Rekord (@RekordNewspaper) April 18, 2016
His defence team also stated that Pistorius was on his third tracking device after the previous two malfunctioned, sending out violation alerts to correctional services when the athlete was in fact at home.
Last month, the Constitutional Court rejected Pistorius’ leave to appeal his murder conviction as handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) last year.
The Paralympian is currently under house arrest for shooting and killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
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