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Bindi Irwin and Derek Hough on stage at ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” Live Finale at The Grove on November 24, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

Johann Engelbrecht, a criminal lawyer who is not involved in the Pistorius case, said it is doubtful that the former athlete’s lawyers could challenge the murder conviction by appealing to the Constitutional Court.

Bindi Irwin was named the victor of Dancing with the Star’s 21st season Tuesday night.

Prosecutors in South Africa are pushing for Oscar Pistorius to appear in court as soon as possible so a date can be set for his sentencing, after the country’s top appeal court returned a murder verdict. Firstly, she had failed to correctly apply the legal principle of...

“‘No warrant has been issued, if it was we would have said so”, NPA spokesperson Luvuyo Mfaku told News24.

Two people at the Stereosonic music festival in Adelaide were taken to hospital in a critical condition, the same day a 19-year-old died after attending the event, police say.

He was originally convicted of culpable homicide – akin to manslaughter – after a long-running trial under the glare of the world’s media. He is facing a much heftier sentence as murder carries a minimum of 15 years in jail.

Danny Davis (D-IL) and Bobby Rush (D-IL) who represent parts of Chicago, revealed that Mayor Emanuel not only has no thoughts of leaving office but many who know him expressed the belief that they couldn’t imagine him resigning no matter what the circumstances.

In what has been described as a “shocking twist”, Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeal overturned the previous ruling of culpable homicide.

The judge described the Paralympian’s testimony over the 2013 shooting of Reeva Steenkamp as “untruthful” and delivered a damning indictment of the original verdict.

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In September 2014, Pistorius, 29, was convicted of manslaughter, or culpable homicide, for the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on February 14, 2013.

“Guilty of murder, with the accused having criminal intent”, judge Eric Leach told the court in South Africa’s judicial capital Bloemfontein in a dramatic legal reversal.

However, an appeals court has now overturned the original verdict, meaning he will have to return to court to be re-sentenced for murder.