Oscar Pistorius to apply for bail in South African court

Pistorius spent one year of a five-year sentence in jail for the lesser offence.

Johannesburg

: A South African official says Oscar Pistorius will appear in court on Tuesday to apply for bail following the Olympian's conviction for murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Lusanda Ntuli, a judicial spokeswoman, said on Monday that the issue of a sentencing date for the double-amputee runner might be addressed during the hearing in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria.

On Thursday, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal overturned a lower court's manslaughter conviction of the runner for shooting Steenkamp to death in his home in 2013. Pistorius spent one year of a five-year sentence in jail for the lesser offence and then was put under house arrest at his uncle's mansion in Pretoria in October.