Court dismisses Pistorius’ last appeal in girlfriend’s death

Legal experts say Olympian Oscar Pistorius has run out of options to appeal his 13-year prison sentence for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

South Africa’s highest court dismissed Pistorius’ request to review the sentence on Monday, bringing to a close a five-year legal saga surrounding the man who was once one of the world’s most celebrated athletes.

Last year, the Supreme Court of Appeal more than doubled Pistorius’ sixyear sentence for the 2013 murder of Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model. The court called the initial six-year sentence “shockingly lenient.” The doubleamputee runner, who is 31, claims he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder.