Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was granted bail and plans to appeal a murder conviction for the 2013 shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after judges last week overturned an earlier conviction on a lesser charge of culpable homicide, TimesLive reported.

Pistorius, 29, was released from jail in October and is under house arrest in Pretoria after serving one year of a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide — the equivalent of manslaughter.

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal last week changed the conviction to murder and sent the case for re-sentencing, saying the original trial judge had made “fundamental” errors in her ruling, TimesLive reported.

Pistorius can challenge the ruling in the constitutional court but his lawyers will have to prove that his constitutional rights have been violated, BBC reported.

There appears to no grounds for such an appeal, legal expert Mannie Witz told BBC.

A murder conviction means a minimum 15-year jail sentence, although the term could be reduced due to Pistorius being a first-time offender.

The court set bail at 10, 000 rand ($686) while Pistorius awaits the result of his appeal with South Africa’s highest court. If the appeal is turned down, a date will be set for sentencing, said Pistorius lawyer Barry Roux.

Pistorius can’t afford further legal battles after paying huge bills, lawyers have said.

Bail is due to be paid by 4 p.m. Friday.

Many South Africans approved of the court’s decision on social media, saying justice has now been served for Reeva, BBC reported.

June Steenkamp, Reeva’s mother, was embraced by members of the African National Congress Women’s League, who sang songs of celebration when the ruling was announced.

“I wanted respect for my daughter’s life, and that’s what I got,” she said.

Many South Africans were upset by the original murder acquittal. Women’s rights groups said a high number of women are killed by their partners in South Africa, and a Pistorius murder ruling would act as a deterrent.

The new judgment has been described as “crucially important” for South African criminal law and the law of evidence, EyewitnessNews reported.

One of the main legal aspects in the judgment is the legal principle of dolus eventualis — the concept of foreseeing the consequences of one’s actions.

The state appealed the conviction on the grounds that it believed Judge Thokozile Masipa incorrectly applied the legal principles to the facts — specifically dolus eventualis.

The Court of Appeals said it was “inconceivable that a rational person could have believed he was entitled to fire at this person with a heavy caliber firearm,” TimesLive reported.

Pistorius will remain under house arrest at his uncle Arnold’s luxury home in Waterkloof‚ Pretoria‚ where he has been since his release from prison in October. He is monitored electronically by the Department of Correctional Services and may leave the house between 7 a.m. and noon, but cannot travel more than 10 kilometers from the house.

Pistorius will appear in the High Court April 18 to hear the status of his appeal.

Nicknamed the “Blade Runner,” the double-amputee sprinter used prosthetic legs on the track.

He shot Reeva, a law school graduate and model, at his home in Pretoria on Valentine’s day 2013. He said he thought it was an intruder when he shot four times through the locked bathroom door.

Pistorius has since lost his status as a global role model for the disabled, along with lucrative contracts.