Dec 8, 2015- South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius will appeal against his murder conviction in the Constitutional Court, his lawyer says at his bail hearing.
He has been granted bail while he awaits sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. That hearing will be held on 18 April.
Bail has been set at 10,000 rand ($700, £450).
Pistorius will be under house arrest and will be electronically tagged. He also has to hand over his passport.
He will be able to leave the house between 7am and midday, but will only be able to move within a 20km (12 miles) radius.
Pistorius was in court to apply for bail after judges changed his manslaughter conviction to murder last week.
He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.
Pistorius now faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence for the murder of Ms Steenkamp.
Bail has been set at 10,000 rand ($700, £450).
Pistorius will be under house arrest and will be electronically tagged. He also has to hand over his passport.
He will be able to leave the house between 7am and midday, but will only be able to move within a 20km (12 miles) radius.
Pistorius was in court to apply for bail after judges changed his manslaughter conviction to murder last week.
He is currently under house arrest after spending one year of his original five-year sentence in jail.
Pistorius now faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence for the murder of Ms Steenkamp.
In his bail affidavit, he said he had no income. During the hearing his lawyer said he was only able to pay a sum of 10,000 rand for his bail.
The 29-year-old killed Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day after shooting four times through a locked toilet door.
Pistorius is a six-time Paralympic gold medallist whose legs were amputated below the knee as a baby. He made history by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics, in 2012, running on prosthetic "blades".
Pistorius is a six-time Paralympic gold medallist whose legs were amputated below the knee as a baby. He made history by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics, in 2012, running on prosthetic "blades".
Last week, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein accepted prosecution arguments and ruled that the lower court did not correctly apply the concept of "dolus eventualis" - whether Pistorius knew that a death would be a likely result of his actions.
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