Oscar Pistorius has had his conviction for killing his girlfriend changed from manslaughter to murder.
An appeal court in South Africa decided the original verdict was "flawed" and the athlete will now be re-sentenced by the original court.
A murder conviction carries a much heftier sentence: a minimum of 15 years in jail in South Africa.
Judge said he would have known that firing into the toilet cubicle would have led to death - but went ahead anyway.
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