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| Oscar Pistorius murder charge sought by S Africa prosecutors | |
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| South African prosecutors have started an appeal hearing on whether athlete Oscar Pistorius should be convicted of murder instead of culpable homicide. | |
| The Paralympian was released from prison last month after serving one year of his five-year term for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. | |
| Pistorius, 28, shot her through a locked bathroom door in 2013 but insists he thought she was an intruder. | |
| He could be sent back to jail if appeal judges overturn the original verdict. | |
| Pistorius is currently under house arrest, and is not attending the hearing at South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein. | |
| Live: Latest updates here | |
| The proceedings are being broadcast live on television. | |
| Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, of his 29-year-old girlfriend at a trial in October last year. |