Oscar Pistorius's lawyers
have failed to block an appeal by prosecutors against the South African
Paralympian's acquittal on murder charges.
He was cleared of murder last year but was sentenced to five years in jail for the lesser charge of culpable homicide.
Prosecutors are seeking a murder conviction after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
On Friday, the Johannesburg High Court rejected the application by the defence team to stop the prosecutors' appeal.
After a short hearing, Judge Thokozile Masipa said procedure did not allow her to grant or refuse the application.
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