Oscar Pistorius “lost it” when he learnt murder acquittal would be appealed.

Oscar Pistorius went into a rage while serving his time in prison after he learnt that prosecutors had been given permission to appeal his murder acquittal with the possibility of a 15 year prison term for murder.

A fellow prisoner at the Kgosi Mampuru II jail in Pretoria said the double-amputee athlete 'lost it' after hearing the ruling on the radio. The source said: 'He got up and stomped. He went straight to the gym. He started lifting weights like it was going out of fashion. He is p***** off.'

The prisoner told the South African Times: 'Who wouldn't be (angry)?,he was definitely expecting to be out by August. 

'Pistorius can barely console himself over the fact that he will be here for Christmas and New Year, instead of jolling with his family and friends.'

Masipa ruled against the state's application to appeal both Pistorius's sentence and his acquittal on charges of illegal possession of ammunition.

If the appeal on his conviction is successful it will be converted from culpable homicide to murder, which carries a minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment.

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