Pistorius plans to appeal against murder conviction

Pistorius plans to appeal against murder conviction

South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius will appeal against his murder conviction in the Constitutional Court, his lawyer says at his bail hearing.

Pistorius was in court to apply for bail after judges changed his manslaughter conviction to murder last week.

He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.

He was released on $700 bail, and is due to return to court on 18 April.

Pistorius now faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

Prosecution lawyer Gerrie Nel said he had agreed to more stringent house arrest conditions and to electronic monitoring.

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