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The crux of the appeal, by the state, revolved around the legal concept of dolus eventualis, or indirect intention – in layman’s terms, the question of whether Pistorius had foreseen the possibility that he might kill somebody when he fired four shots into the bathroom door.
The appeals court ruled that trial judge, Thokozile Masipa, had applied this concept incorrectly, saying that her ruling was “confusing in various respects”.