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Prosecutor Nel says Oscar Pistorius cannot escape murder conviction
Updated On: 08 August, 2014 08:29 AM IST | | AFP
<p>A South African prosecutor branded Oscar Pistorius "deceitful" and insisted the paralympian cannot avoid a conviction for murdering his glamorous model girlfriend, as the state closed its case against him yesterday</p>

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius and prosecutor Gerrie Nel (right) during the presentation of final arguments of the paralympian's murder trial at the Pretoria High Court yesterday. Pics/AFP
Pretoria: A South African prosecutor branded Oscar Pistorius "deceitful" and insisted the paralympian cannot avoid a conviction for murdering his glamorous model girlfriend, as the state closed its case against him yesterday.
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius and prosecutor Gerrie Nel (right) during the presentation of final arguments of the paralympian's murder trial at the Pretoria High Court yesterday. Pics/AFP
"Pitbull" prosecutor Gerrie Nel said that even if the court accepts Pistorius' claim he killed Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year believing she was an intruder, "he cannot escape" a conviction for murdering with intent.
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