South Africa’s state prosecutors are to appeal Oscar Pistorius’ conviction and five year jail sentence for killing his girlfriend.<br /><br />The Olympic and Paralympic athlete was found guilty of culpable homicide after shooting dead Reeva Steenkamp at his home last year.<br /><br />Prosecutors failed to prove murder and reports suggest the athlete could be free in as little as 10 months.<br /><br />The announcement of the appeal was made in a Twitter statement from Nathi Mncube, spokesman for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA): “Oscar Pistorius judgement, NPA will be appealing both the conviction and sentence,” it said.<br /><br />If the verdict is overturned and found to be murder, Pistorius could face a much longer stretch behind bars.
