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 says she will respond to the prosecution’s appeal of the Oscar Pistorius verdict on Wednesday.

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.

Oscar Pistorius could still face a murder conviction and 15 years in prison for killing his girlfriend as prosecutors said yesterday they had consulted a South African criminal law expert over an appeal.

Oscar Pistorius’ agent is seeking a meeting with the double-amputee athlete in prison in the next few days to discuss his running future.

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.

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.

Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin has told Oscar Pistorius’ sentencing hearing that the athlete must “pay for what he’s done” and that she did not believe the sincerity of his courtroom apology to the family of the woman he killed.

Oscar Pistorius offered 375,000 South African rand (€26,785) to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but they rejected it because they did not want “blood money”, the double-amputee athlete’s sentencing hearing has been told.

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.

Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again, as long as his running doesn’t go against the ruling of the judge.

Oscar Pistorius is free to compete for South Africa again – as long as his running does not go against the ruling of a judge.

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.

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.

South African state prosecutor Gerrie Nel asked the judge in Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial to reject the Olympic and Paralympic track star’s defence as "devoid of any truth".

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.

The defence team for Oscar Pistorius plans to close its case this morning after its last witness, a physician who has treated the athlete, completed his testimony at the murder trial, a lawyer said.

Double-amputee Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius can’t flee dangerous situations and has a "heightened fight response" due to his disability, a defence witness told his murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius is a “paradox” whose past triumphs as a sprinter contrasted with the daily, severe limitations he endured because of his disability, a physician has told the athlete’s murder trial.

A panel of mental health experts has concluded that Oscar Pistorius was not suffering from a mental illness when he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his home last year, the chief prosecutor at the athlete’s murder trial said.

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 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 chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has said the athlete should be placed under psychiatric observation after an expert called by the defence said Pistorius has an anxiety disorder.

A psychiatrist called by Oscar Pistorius’ defence team at his murder trial has told the court that she believes the double-amputee athlete has an “anxiety disorder”.

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.

A social worker and probation officer who visited Oscar Pistorius in a police cell the day after he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp has given evidence at the athlete’s murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial resumed yesterday with a neighbour and friend giving a heart-wrenching account of discovering the "broken" athlete coming down the stairs, holding his dead girlfriend in his arms.

The prosecutor at the murder trial of double-amputee Olympian Oscar Pistorius is continuing his cross-examination of one of the defence’s forensic experts.

The prosecution derided a forensic expert hired by Oscar Pistorius, accusing him of being unqualified to testify and rubbishing his account of the circumstances of Reeva Steenkamp’s death.

South African police photographs of the scene where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend show evidence was moved in violation of procedure during the investigation, his chief defence lawyer has told a court.

Prosecutors at the Oscar Pistorius murder trial are showing photographs from the bloody scene where the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend.

Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial showed a sequence of photos showing the blood stains and blood spatter found on the floors, walls, stairs, and chairs in the athlete’s house after he fatally shot his girlfriend.

The chief defence lawyer at Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial has pointed out alleged missteps by police and questioned their treatment of evidence during the investigation into the athlete’s killing of his girlfriend.

The brown, bullet-marked toilet door through which Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend has been set up in the courtroom at the athlete’s murder trial.

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.

Oscar Pistorius told a concerned security guard on the phone that everything was “fine” after neighbours reported gunshots coming from his house the night he shot dead his girlfriend, his murder trial has heard.

As his girlfriend lay dying, a weeping, praying Oscar Pistorius knelt at her side and struggled in vain to help her breathe by holding two fingers in her clenched mouth, a witness told a South African court.