Oscar Pistorius targeted by conman offering to repeal murder conviction

A man who purportedly focused on Oscar Pistorius in a trick offering to annulment his homicide conviction has been captured.

The man acted like a prosecutor and requested 250,000 rand ($16,400; £11,300) keeping in mind the end goal to "present the defense vanish", neighborhood media say.

He has now been accused of defilement, as indicated by South Africa police representative Hangwani Mulaudzi.

In an announcement, Mr Mulaudzi said: "A 33-year-old man was captured on Friday evening in Pretoria not long after he got a store of 40,000 rand for his administrations which included... [having] Oscar Pistorius' homicide case devastated."

Pistorius was discovered liable of killing Ms Steenkamp after a South African requests court upset his underlying murder decision in December.

He is because of be sentenced in April.