Pistorius to appeal murder conviction

South African athlete, Oscar Pistorius, is to seek an appeal against his conviction for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius killed Ms Steenkamp in February, 2013 after firing his gun four times through a locked toilet door.
A manslaughter verdict was overturned last month and a murder verdict introduced in its place.
The athlete’s defence has lodged papers at the Constitutional Court, urging a review of his murder conviction.
He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal ruled in December that the lower court had not applied correctly the rule of dolus eventualis – whether Pistorius knew that a death would be a likely result of his actions.