Pistorius Arrives To Learn If He Will Face Jail

Oscar Pistorius has arrived at the High Court in Pretoria as he tries to avoid jail before being sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The athlete's initial conviction of culpable homicide (or manslaughter in other countries) was overturned last week by the Supreme Court of Appeal, after five judges unanimously ruled that Judge Thokozile Masipa had made a judgement which was "fundamentally flawed".
According to South African media reports, prosecution and defence teams agreed Pistorius should be allowed to "surrender" himself at 9.30am local time (7.30am UK time) to avoid the necessity of an arrest warrant.
Although the runner was granted bail in March 2013, a month after he shot Reeva dead on Valentine's Day at their home, prosecutors are likely to emphasise that Pistorius may pose a higher flight risk because he now faces a further, lengthier spell in jail.
With the courts about to go into Christmas recess and no new sentencing date for his murder conviction set, there is confusion about what will happen to Pistorius in the meantime - and whether he will remain under house arrest at his uncle's home, in one of Pretoria's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
In October, he was released from jail after serving 12 months of his five-year sentence behind bars.
It's understood Pistorius will use his court appearance to announce he intends to go to the Constitutional Court as a final resort against his new murder conviction.
After Pistorius' conviction was changed to murder, Reeva's mother June Steenkamp told Sky News that she felt justice had finally been done.

The 29-year-old now faces a minimum sentence of 15 years, but Ms Steenkamp said: "I really don't care how long it is, as long as he pays for what he's done and takes responsibility for what happened."

Pistorius has always insisted he shot his girlfriend dead after mistaking her for an intruder, but the appeal panel said it was irrelevant who was behind his toilet door.
The judges said his experience with firearms meant he should have been aware that death was an inevitability after firing four times into such a confined area, which had left Reeva Steenkamp with "nowhere to hide".

Sentencing, when a date is decided upon, will be conducted by Judge Masipa - even though her original judgement was overturned on appeal.

She has been given this responsibility as she presided over the original trial and is familiar with the intricacies of the case, which went on for months.