A South African judge has decided not to grant permission to state prosecutors to appeal sprinter Oscar Pistorius' murder sentence.
The Judge said their petition had no reasonable prospects of success.
Michael Baleke reports from Kampala.
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Oscar Pistorius is serving a six-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.
On Friday, a high court judge dismissed the petition by prosecutors who wanted a stiffer sentence for the double amputee athlete.
Prosecutors argued that Pistorius' six-year jail term for the crime of murder was shockingly too lenient.
But the Judge agreed with the defense team saying the legal process had been thoroughly exhausted and that their petition had no reasonable prospects of success.
The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years.
Oscar Pistorius did not attend the Friday hearing.
Michael Baleke in Kampala.