South
Africa's highest court has rejected on Wednesday March 02,2016 Oscar Pistorius's right to appeal
against his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva
Steenkamp.
The Constitutional Court ruled the Paralympian had no reasonable grounds of success with his legal fight.
Oscar Pistorius
now faces a possible minimum 15-year jail sentence after he was
convicted of deliberately gunning down his lover on Valentine's Day
three years ago.
Oscar Pistorius has been on
bail since December when the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) found him
guilty of murder after overturning his earlier conviction on the lesser
charge of culpable homicide.
Oscar Pistorius's
lawyers had applied for leave to appeal to the Constitutional Court,
the highest court in South Africa, arguing that the SCA had 'acted
unlawfully and unconstitutionally'.
But the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which opposed the application, said today that the appeal attempt had failed
National
Prosecuting Authority spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku said: 'The court dismissed
the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects
of success.'
Mfaku said the court's decision had been made on Wednesday March 02,2016
Defence lawyer Andrew Fawcett confirmed the court's decision and said: 'We'll proceed to the sentencing.'
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