South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority said Friday that an arrest warrant had not been issued for Oscar Pistorius, after the Supreme Court of Appeal found the Paralympic sprinter guilty of murdering his girlfriend.
“No arrest warrant has been issued,” NPA spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku told AFP, dismissing local media reports.
“We are facilitating the process so he can appear in court urgently.”
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The ENCA television news channel had earlier said the NPA would not enforce the arrest until next week when the Paralympian is expected to apply for bail after the Supreme Court of Appeal found him guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The Supreme Court of Appeal on Thursday found Pistorius guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, throwing out his earlier conviction on the lesser charge of culpable homicide.
“The NPA said yesterday they will look at the judgement, they have now obtained a warrant of arrest for Oscar Pistorius in light of the fact that he is now in limbo,” the channel reported.
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“The state will wait until Tuesday next week, where we understand (Pistorius’s lawyers) will bring the bail application.”
Pistorius, 29, is under house arrest in Pretoria after serving one year of his five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide.
The appeal court on Thursday said the original trial judge had made “fundamental” errors in her ruling.
