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Paralympian Oscar Pistorius' conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been scaled up to murder from culpable homicide by South Africa's top appeals court.
南非最高法院做出裁决，南非残奥会冠军奥斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯在女友瑞娃·斯廷坎普被杀一案中的谋杀罪名成立，并非误杀。
"Blade Runner" Pistorius could now be sent back to jail for at least 15 years for shooting Steenkamp dead on Valentine's Day 2013. The athlete is expected to be sentenced for the new murder conviction by a lower court at a date still to be determined.
“刀锋战士”皮斯托瑞斯将因为在2013年情人节枪杀斯廷坎普而被送入监狱长达15年之久。这名运动员将会被下级法院宣判新的谋杀罪，但宣判日还没有定下来。
Last year a judge gave Pistorius a five-year jail sentence for "culpable homicide" of Steenkamp, but prosecutors argued that he should be convicted of murder for firing four shots through a locked toilet door in a case that attracted interest around the world and continues to fascinate and divide South Africa. Pistorius left jail on parole in October and is meant to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest. "This is a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions," Judge Eric Leach said as he started reading the ruling.
去年，法官宣判皮斯托瑞斯误杀斯廷坎普，判处5年有期徒刑。但是有公诉人表示，皮斯托瑞斯打开了上锁的厕所的门，连开四枪，应当被判谋杀罪。这引起了全世界的注意，在南非也引起了持续的讨论。皮斯托瑞斯在11月获得假释，离开了监狱，这意味着他将监禁在家来服满剩下的刑期。法官埃里克·利奇在读到这个时表示，“这是人类非常大的悲剧。”
State prosecutors who lodged the appeal say Pistorius intended to kill Steenkamp and that she fled to a toilet during a row. Pistorius denies deliberately killing Steenkamp, saying he mistook her for an intruder at his home.
提出上诉的国家公诉人说到，皮斯托瑞斯蓄意杀害了斯廷坎普，她在枪击期间逃到了厕所。皮斯托瑞斯否认故意杀害斯廷坎普，说自己误把她认为是非法闯入他家的人。
"In these circumstances, the accused must have foreseen and, therefore, did foresee that whoever was behind the toilet door might die but reconciled himself to that even occurring and gambled with that person's life," said Judge Leach. "The identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt."
法官利奇表示，“在这种情况下，被告肯定已经预见了结果，他确实预见了不管谁在厕所门后面都会死亡这一结果。明知死亡会发生，他还是拿别人的生命做赌注，仍继续采取行动。他的罪行和受害人的身份没有关系。”
