A South African court has struck down Oscar Pistorius’s bid to block prosecutors from appealing the culpable homicide verdict handed down against him, in favour of a murder conviction, for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius again faces the possibility of a murder conviction after a South African judge ruled that prosecutors can appeal against his conviction on the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

A South African judge will respond today to arguments on whether to allow prosecutors to appeal the verdict and sentence in the case against Oscar Pistorius, who was acquitted of the murder of his girlfriend.

A South African prosecutor is arguing in court for an appeal in the case against Oscar Pistorius, who was acquitted of murder over the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.

Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius have filed court papers opposing a prosecution move to appeal the verdict and sentence in his murder trial.

An application to appeal against Oscar Pistorius’ manslaughter conviction and five-year prison sentence will be heard in a South African court on December 9, prosecutors say.

Prosecutors filed appeal papers yesterday against the verdict and sentence in the Oscar Pistorius case, the initial step in a process that could see the Olympic runner convicted of murder for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Prosecutors say they have filed appeal papers against the verdict and sentence in the Oscar Pistorius case.

South African prosecutors will appeal the verdict and sentencing of Oscar Pistorius, who was handed a five-year prison term after being convicted of culpable homicide, the country’s National Prosecuting Authority said.

Before Oscar Pistorius was strip-searched and issued with an orange jumpsuit to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, he appeared to grasp his uncle’s hand.

Oscar Pistorius has been jailed for five years for shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead on Valentine’s Day last year.

Oscar Pistorius has arrived at a South African courthouse to hear his sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The chief prosecutor in the Oscar Pistorius trial urged the judge to send the Olympic athlete to prison for at least 10 years, calling it the minimum acceptable term and noting the horrific nature of the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius is being portrayed as a "poor victim" ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a prosecutor has said.

South African track star Oscar Pistorius should serve three years of partial house arrest and community service for the negligent killing of his girlfriend, a witness said at the first day of the athlete’s sentencing.

Oscar Pistorius is a “broken man” after killing his girlfriend because he lost the woman he loved as well as his reputation, friends, income and sense of self-worth, a psychologist has told his sentencing hearing.

A psychologist is testifying at a sentencing hearing for Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted last month of culpable homicide for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius faces sentencing this week in a South African court after being convicted of culpable homicide for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was yesterday convicted of culpable homicide — the equivalent Irish legal term is manslaughter — escaping the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and will now battle to avoid going to prison.

The International Paralympic Committeee will allow Oscar Pistorius to compete in the future after the movement’s most famous athlete was found guilty of the culpable homicide of his girlfriend.

Shamed athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released on bail after being found guilty of the manslaughter of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at a court in South Africa.

Athlete Oscar Pistorius is facing jail after being found guilty of the manslaughter of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will find out today if he is guilty of the manslaughter of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp during a Valentine’s Day shooting at his home in Pretoria.

Oscar Pistorius has been cleared of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp but he could still face a lengthy jail term if found guilty of her manslaughter.

The judge in Oscar Pistorius’ trial said today that he cannot be found guilty of murder but that he was negligent in the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius will have to wait until tomorrow to learn if he is to be fully cleared over the death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

An emotional Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears today as he was found not guilty of the second-degree murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by a judge in South Africa.

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has rejected the charge of premeditated murder against the athlete.

Oscar Pistorius’ "primal instincts" kicked in when he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp because he was in a vulnerable and fearful state, his defence lawyer said at the athlete’s murder trial yesterday.

The chief defence lawyer for Oscar Pistorius is delivering final arguments in his murder trial, alleging the athlete thought he was in danger when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius was an “appalling witness” who repeatedly lied in his testimony in a crude attempt to defend himself against a murder charge over killing his girlfriend, the chief prosecutor at his trial has said.

Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers wrapped up their defence of the Olympic and Paralympic star, bringing the dramatic murder trial of one of the world’s best-known athletes closer to conclusion.

The chief defence lawyer in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius says he has closed his case.

Oscar Pistorius has arrived at a government psychiatric hospital to begin the period of mental evaluation as ordered by the judge at his murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius will start a period of psychiatric evaluation at a state institution next Monday, a South African judge has ruled.

Oscar Pistorius was ordered by a judge to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning that the double-amputee athlete’s murder trial will be interrupted, possibly for two months.

The judge overseeing the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has ordered the athlete to undergo psychiatric tests, meaning the trial proceedings will be delayed.

A ballistics expert has told the Oscar Pistorius murder trial that his analysis of the scene where the Olympic athlete shot Reeva Steenkamp differs from the reconstruction of the shooting by police investigators.

Oscar Pistorius said today that he never got the opportunity to tell his deceased girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp that he loved her.

Oscar Pistorius is expected to take the stand, as his trial resumes this week in a defence relying on forensic experts and South Africa’s notoriously high crime rate to explain how and why he shot dead his girlfriend.

Oscar Pistorius, expected to testify in his murder trial at the end of the week, said yesterday he’s going through ‘a tough time’ in a rare comment after the prosecution closed its case against the double-amputee runner.

Oscar Pistorius has said said he is going through “a tough time” in a rare comment after the prosecution closed its case against the double-amputee runner for the killing of his girlfriend.

Oscar Pistorius vomited in the dock and retched repeatedly and loudly at his murder trial as he heard graphic details of the injuries sustained by the girlfriend he shot, including a head wound that was probably instantly fatal, according to the pathologist who performed her autopsy.

Oscar Pistorius has vomited in the dock at his murder trial as he heard graphic details of the injuries sustained by the girlfriend he fatally shot.