Oscar Pistorius trial: England batsman Kevin Pietersen delighted with conviction

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Earlier in October, Pistorius, a double-amputee athlete, was released on parole and put under house arrest at his uncle's house after serving almost a year in prison
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has expressed his delight after Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius? culpable homicide conviction for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was upgraded to murder.
 Expressing his passionate response to the overturned verdict, the South African-born maverick batsman tweeted, ?Cheeeeerrrriiiiio, #OscarPistorius! #BOOOOOOM,? the Mirror reported. Earlier in October, Pistorius, a double-amputee athlete, was released on parole and put under house arrest at his uncle's house after serving almost a year in prison. He will now be handed a new sentence.
However, a senior judge of the South Africa supreme court of appeal overruled the previous conviction by dismissing the athlete's claim that he pulled his gun on Steenkamp as an act of defence. According to the South African law, the minimum sentence for murder is 15 years in prison.

South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday declared him guilty of murder, overturning that court's conviction of manslaughter.
During a one-day hearing at the appeal court in November, state prosecutor Gerrie Nel argued that Pistorius meant to kill whoever was behind the locked toilet door through which he fired four bullets.
Athlete could face a minimum of 15 years in jail after appeal court upgraded sentence from culpable homicide to murder. He received a prison sentence of five years in addition to a three-year suspended sentence to be served at the same time on a conviction for reckless endangerment.
The initial culpable homicide verdict, South Africa's equivalent to manslaughter, divided the nation and sparked plenty of water cooler conversation around the globe on the intent of Pistorius' actions and what constituted reasonable self-defence were his version of events true.
Pistorius was previously convicted of culpable homicide by Judge Thokozile Masipa.
The Pistorius family said in a statement that its "legal team will study the finding and we will be guided by them in terms of options going forward". "She was a joy in our life and that has gone out".

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Phelps said Pistorius had one final avenue of appeal remaining - to take the case to the country's Constitutional Court.
"The argument is that where there's been a mistake in law that's been made - that is the only reason that an incorrect verdict has been reached - it would be offensive to the interests of justice in order to allow that verdict to stand", she said.
But now he will have to return to court to be re-sentenced, and could spend as many as 15 years behind bars.

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"As a matter of common sense, at the time the fatal shots were fired the possibility of the death of a person behind the door was clearly an obvious result", he said.
Leach said the previous court judgment "seemingly ignored" elements of the ballistics evidence and that the judgment was "fundamentally flawed".
The courtroom included the mother of murdered girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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Pistorius killed Steenkamp at the peak of his fame, following his historic performance in London in 2012 when he became the first double-amputee to race at Olympic level.
He says regardless of who was behind the door, Pistorius could foresee the consequences of firing repeatedly through the door. "I feel it's a fair decision that the judge gave", Mr Steenkamp said in a brief interview on local television station ANN7, before breaking down in tears.
The athlete's uncle, Arnold, was seen leaving his house, where Oscar has been living since he was released from jail on parole in October.