{"id":83578,"date":"2015-03-13T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T09:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/83578\/just-in-masipa-strikes-pistorius-appeal-off-the-roll\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T09:06:44","slug":"just-in-masipa-strikes-pistorius-appeal-off-the-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/03\/13\/just-in-masipa-strikes-pistorius-appeal-off-the-roll\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST IN: Masipa strikes Pistorius appeal off the roll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to News24, &#8220;Masipa struck the application off the role, arguing that both sides had an opportunity to make representations during the appeal hearing, and she cannot review her own ruling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The news comes after\u00a0Masipa had granted the State&#8217;s application to appeal Pistorius&#8217; culpable homicide conviction, but dismissed its application to appeal his five-year jail sentence.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>State Prosecutor Gerrie Nel was quoted as saying,\u00a0&#8220;This matter should not be granted,&#8221; arguing that this would spark appeal after appeal.<\/p>\n<p>See incoming tweets below<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS JUST IN: Judge Thokozile Masipa has struck off the court roll an appeal by Oscar Pistorius\u2019s defence team.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eyewitness News (@ewnupdates) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ewnupdates\/status\/576297049806753792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The court has struck Oscar Pistorius appeal matter off the roll <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/aYOGqOZCSL\">pic.twitter.com\/aYOGqOZCSL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SABC News (@SABCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SABCNews\/status\/576296879413174273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='3683b378e37c4d4a1454e1c13e6fa476'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The judge in the Oscar Pistorius case, Ms Thokozile Masipa has struck the the appeal off the roll, stating both sides had the opportunity to raise their arguments. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":83579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton East and South news","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[6848,4771,6849,4773],"class_list":["post-83578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-gauteng-north-high-court","tag-oscar-pistorius","tag-oscar-pistorius-sentence","tag-thokozile-masipa"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["gauteng north high court","oscar pistorius","oscar pistorius sentence","Thokozile Masipa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}