“We can confirm that Oscar Pistorius’s leave to appeal has been denied…The court dismissed the application for leave to appeal because there are are no prospects of success,” Luvuyo Mfaku, spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority, told reporters.
Pistorius, a Paralympic champion, shot dead Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and law graduate in 2013. He now faces a possible minimum 15-year jail sentence.
He is next due in court on 18 April for fresh sentencing on the murder conviction. The athlete was originally sentenced to 5 years in prison for the culpable homicide conviction, but was released one year later under house arrest.
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