南非"刀鋒戰士"皮斯托瑞斯槍殺女友被改判謀殺成立

ParalymPian Oscar Pistorius' conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been scaled up to murder from culpable homicide by South Africa's top appeals court.

南非最高法院做出裁決，南非殘奧會冠軍奧斯卡·皮斯托瑞斯在女友瑞娃·斯廷坎普被殺一案中的謀殺罪名成立，並非誤殺。

"Blade Runner" Pistorius could now be sent back to jail for at least 15 years for shooting Steenkamp dead on Valentine's Day 2013. The athlete is expected to be sentenced for the new murder conviction by a lower court at a date still to be determined.

“刀鋒戰士”皮斯托瑞斯將因爲在2013年情人節槍殺斯廷坎普而被送入監獄長達15年之久。這名運動員將會被下級法院宣判新的謀殺罪，但宣判日還沒有定下來。

Last year a judge gave Pistorius a five-year jail sentence for "culpable homicide" of Steenkamp, but prosecutors argued that he should be convicted of murder for firing four shots through a locked toilet door in a case that attracted interest around the world and continues to fascinate and divide South Africa. Pistorius left jail on parole in October and is meant to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest. "This is a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions," Judge Eric Leach said as he started reading the ruling.

去年，法官宣判皮斯托瑞斯誤殺斯廷坎普，判處5年有期徒刑。但是有公訴人表示，皮斯托瑞斯打開了上鎖的廁所的門，連開四槍，應當被判謀殺罪。這引起了全世界的注意，在南非也引起了持續的討論。皮斯托瑞斯在11月獲得假釋，離開了監獄，這意味着他將監禁在家來服滿剩下的刑期。法官埃裏克·利奇在讀到這個時表示，“這是人類非常大的悲劇。”

State prosecutors who lodged the appeal say Pistorius intended to kill Steenkamp and that she fled to a toilet during a row. Pistorius denies deliberately killing Steenkamp, saying he mistook her for an intruder at his home.

提出上訴的國家公訴人說到，皮斯托瑞斯蓄意殺害了斯廷坎普，她在槍擊期間逃到了廁所。皮斯托瑞斯否認故意殺害斯廷坎普，說自己誤把她認爲是非法闖入他家的人。

"In these circumstances, the accused must have foreseen and, therefore, did foresee that whoever was behind the toilet door might die but reconciled himself to that even occurring and gambled with that person's life," said Judge Leach. "The identity of his victim is irrelevant to his guilt."

法官利奇表示，“在這種情況下，被告肯定已經預見了結果，他確實預見了不管誰在廁所門後面都會死亡這一結果。明知死亡會發生，他還是拿別人的生命做賭注，仍繼續採取行動。他的罪行和受害人的身份沒有關係。”