Oscar Pistorius’ verdict (culpable homicide) and sentence (no more than five years in prison) will be appealed by South Africa’s national prosecution, the organization said Monday.
“Prosecutors are now preparing the necessary papers in order to be able to file within the next few days,” the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa said, according to South African media.
“NPA will be appealing both the conviction and sentence,” an NPA spokesperson said on Twitter.
Pistorius, the first double amputee to run in the Olympics in 2012, was sentenced last Tuesday and could spend less than a year in prison with the rest of his sentence under correctional supervision such as house arrest.
He is barred from competing in the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
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