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Oscar Pistorius case: What you may have missed

Former paralympian champion Oscar Pistorius is back in court today for sentencing procedures.

Pistorius was initially found guilty of culpable homicide but the conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) and replaced with a much more serious murder conviction.

He re-appears in front of Judge Thokozile Masipa who will hand down a fresh judgment as he now faces up to 15 years behind bars.

Fake prosecutor tries to extort money from Oscar Pistorius

A man allegedly contacted Oscar Pistorius claiming that he could squash his murder conviction for a R250 000 bribe.

He was arrested was arrested by the Hawks after Pistorius played along and led him to the authorities.

Oscar did not 'bash' Reeva with a bat - Pistorius family

Pistorius family came into his defence following a newly published book that claimed he hit his deceased girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp with a cricket bat before shooting and killing her.

Brothers Calvin and Thomas Mollett claim in their book that two oval abrasions on Steenkamp’s back matched Pistorius’ cricket bat.

ConCourt dismisses Oscar Pistorius application for leave to appeal SCA's decision

Constitutional Court threw out Pistorius's for leave to appeal the Supreme Court of Appeal's (SCA) decision to convert his conviction of culpable homicide to murder saying that it lacked prospects of success.

Oscar to dig deeper into pockets

Oscar Pistorius had to dig deeper into his pockets after deciding to head to the Constitutional Court to appeal the SCA ruling. This after he said he was broke.

Oscar Pistorius studying business law

Oscar Pistorius disclosed during a Pretoria High Court appearance that he had enrolled with the London School of Economics for a B.Sc business with law degree, while serving house arrest for the killing of his girlfriend.

Oscar Pistorius heads to Constitutional Court

Following the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to overturn his culpable homicide to that of murder, Oscar Pistorius filed papers to the Constitutional Court to challenge the conviction.

Oscar's lawyer: This is how appeal court went wrong

Oscar Pistorius lawyer Andrew Fawcett said that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) exceeded its jurisdiction and made a few law errors when it overturned his conviction from culpable homicide to that of murder.

Pistorius gambled with the life of another

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judges were unanimous in their judgment that Pistorius gambled with the life of the person behind the toilet door by firing four shots with a heavy-calibre firearm into a small space.

11 important quotes from the SCA's judgment against Oscar Pistorius

The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday replaced former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction with one of murder for the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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