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		</div><p>A South African appeals court has convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court’s manslaughter conviction.</p>
<p>The double-amputee Olympian had previously been convicted on the lesser charge of manslaughter for shooting his girlfriend to death in 2013.</p>
<p>Justice Lorimer Leach of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered the ruling by the five-judge appeals court today in Bloemfontein and said the trial court, the North Gauteng High Court, should impose sentence.</p>
<p>Pistorius killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early morning of Valentine’s Day.</p>
<p>He insisted he thought she was an intruder behind a door in his home.</p>
<p>The prosecution said Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp during an argument.</p>
<p>Mr Leach said, regardless of who might have behind the door, Pistorius should have known someone could be killed if he fired.</p>
<p>&#8220;The accused ought to have been found guilty of murder,&#8221; Justice Leach said to the courtroom, in which Miss Steenkamp&#8217;s mother sat.</p>
<p>A 15-year prison sentence is the minimum punishment for murder in South Africa. However, the law allows for a lesser sentence to be imposed in exceptional circumstances.</p>
<p>Pistorius was placed under house arrest in October after serving one year in prison.</p>
<p>He had been sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter.<br />
His lawyers can also argue that he should be shown leniency because he is disabled.</p>
<p>Pistorius, 29, killed Miss Steenkamp in the early morning of Valentine’s Day. He said he thought she was an intruder behind the door of a bathroom in his home.</p>
<p>The prosecution said Pistorius shot Miss Steenkamp during an argument.</p>
<p>Justice Leach said regardless of who might have been behind the door, Pistorius should have known someone could be killed if he fired.</p>
<p>“The identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt,” the judge said.</p>
<p>Under the concept of “dolus eventualis” in South African law, a person can be convicted of murder if they foresaw the possibility of someone dying through their actions and went ahead anyway.</p>
<p>Reeva Steenkamp’s mother, June, sat quietly in the courtroom during the announcement, which was carried on TV. Pistorius was not there.</p>
<p>Pistorius, a multiple Paralympic champion, became one of the world’s most famous athletes and the first amputee to run at the Olympics and the able-bodied world championships.</p>
<p>He was known as “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fiber running blades.</p>
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