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               Pistorius to apply for bail in South African Court

   by Associated Press

   A South African official says Oscar Pistorius will appear in court
   Tuesday to apply for bail following the Olympian's conviction for
   murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

   Lusanda Ntuli, a judicial spokeswoman, said Monday that the issue of a
   sentencing date for the double-amputee runner might be addressed during
   the hearing in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

   On Thursday, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a lower
   court's manslaughter conviction of the runner for shooting Steenkamp to
   death in his home in 2013.
   Pistorius spent one year of a five-year sentence in jail for the lesser
   offense and then was put under house arrest at his uncle's mansion in
   Pretoria in October.

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