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26th August 2016
03:44pm BST

But Judge Thokozile Masipa, who heard the original trial in July and sentenced the sprinter, rejected the state's claim that she had been too kind in her decision. She said:
"I am not persuaded that there are reasonable prospects of successful appeal or that another court would find differently. The application for leave to appeal against sentence is dismissed with costs."Pistorius's defence lawyer, Barry Roux, called the questioning of the court's sentencing an 'insult' and said the case had to be closed after the judge's ruling.
"Enough is enough. What does the state want?" he said. "This process has been exhausted beyond the point of exhaustion."
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