The prosecution in the Oscar Pistorius trial may get an increased sentence - one way or another.
The Daily Mail is reporting that the prosecution will be able to present its appeal on the culpable homicide verdict and the five-year prison sentence on Dec. 9. But then came the stunning report that Pistorius may not be eligible for house arrest after 10 months for the strangest of excuses.
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He has no legs; therefore, authorities cannot put a monitoring bracelet on him when he's out of jail.
"MailOnline can reveal that prison bosses have told (Pistorius) he can't take part in their tagging scheme because the device cannot be properly monitored if it is fixed to a prosthetic leg."
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"The device has to be attached physically to the offender's ankle, a prison source told the Daily Mail. "'We cannot use it on false limbs which could be left somewhere static while the offender goes missing."
The tags cannot by law be fixed to an offender's wrists as they are too easily removed, the Daily Mail added.
Pistorius is in prison for the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day, 2013. He went through a six-month ordeal of a trial, in which he was forced to undergo observation for a general anxiety disorder midway through.
The double-amputee Olympic sprinter insists he shot Steenkamp on accident, thinking she was an intruder. Judge Thokozile found him innocent of premediated murder in September, favoring the culpable homicide charge, which is similar to manslaughter. Prosecutors asked for a 10-year prison sentence, but she gave him a five-year sentence instead.
In South Africa, prisoners in such cases are eligible to be released after serving one-sixth of the sentence, which is 10 months, in Pistorius' case.
According to the Daily Mail, "Pistorius had hoped to leave his cell in the hospital wing of Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison to spend the remainder of his sentence at his uncle's luxury home in the city's Waterkloof suburb where there is a gym and swimming pool."
So even if the prosecution cannot convince an appellate court that Pistorius deserves a harsher sentence, he still may be behind bars longer than expected.
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