Oscar Pistorius should have been convicted of murder instead of manslaughter, prosecutors told a court in South Africa Tuesday in an appeal hearing that could see the disgraced Olympic athlete return to prison.
Pistorius leaves after attending his trial high court in Pretoria, South Africa, on April 7, 2014.
The 28-year-old star was convicted in 2014 of culpable homicide the equivalent to manslaughter in South African law for fatally shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013.
He was sentenced to five years in jail but released under "correctional supervision" or house arrest after only 364 days.
Reeva's mother, June, was in court Tuesday to hear state prosecutor Gerrie Nel argue that the original trial judge was mistaken in ruling that Pistorius should not be convicted of murder.
"It's up to the law now, it's not going to bring my daughter back," June Steenkamp told reporters.