ConCourt dismisses Oscar Pistorius' leave to appeal

The Constitutional Court on Monday dismissed paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ application to appeal his 13 year jail sentence.

His application was dismissed on the basis that it falls outside the court's jurisdiction. 

"The Constitutional Court has considered the application for condonation and leave to appeal. 

"It has concluded that the application for condonation should be granted, but that the application for leave to appeal should be dismissed as it does not engage this court's jurisdiction."

Pistorius last year turned to the ConCourt as his final chance to try and get out of the 13 year and five month jail sentence meted out to him by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein.

A full court of the SCA at the end of last year explained that Pistorius should have been sentenced to the mandatory 15 years by Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, Judge Thokozile Masipa, but the SCA took into account that he had already served 12 months in prison previously and that he was out on seven months correctional supervision, which included house arrest.