Pretoria, South Africa (SportsNetwork.com) - Prosecutors have appealed the conviction and sentence given to South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison on Oct. 21 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Judge Thokozile Masipa had acquitted Pistorius of murder but found him guilty of culpable homicide in September. Prosecutors described the five-year sentence as shockingly light and inappropriate in appeal papers filed by South Africas National Prosecuting Authority Tuesday at the High Court in Pretoria. Under South African law, Pistorius will have to serve at least one-sixth of his sentence -- 10 months -- before he can ask to be considered for parole. Prosecutors have said they believe Pistorius should have been found guilty of murder. He would face a minimum of 15 years in prison if convicted of murder on appeal. Steenkamp was killed by Pistorius on Feb. 14, 2013 in the bathroom of his home. Pistorius maintained the shooting was an accident, believing he was firing into the bathroom at an intruder. The prosecution countered that the double- amputee runner knew Steenkamp was in the bathroom and fired four shots after the two had argued during the evening. Judge Masipa ruled that prosecutors did not prove that he shot Steenkamp intentionally. Steenkamp, who was 29 years old, was a model and reality television star in South Africa. Pistorius, known as the Blade Runner, made history at the London Olympics in 2012 when he became the first double-amputee runner to compete in the Games. He had both legs amputated before he was a year old after being born without fibula bones and runs on prosthetic blades. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) had initially said that his prosthetics were considered technical aids and in violation of an IAAF rule. 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Robert Mak opens the scoring for Slovakia A Robert Mak double and a header from Adam Nemec left the visitors well beaten and, ahead of the trip to Wembley on November 11, prospects of reaching their first major finals since 1998 already look in the balance.However, the Sheffield Wednesday midfielder remains confident, telling BBC Sport: Its not over, all the teams are closely matched in this group. England dropped points in Slovenia and we dropped points in Slovakia.Its our fault, because were the ones who are out there losing games. We are disappointed at the moment. Well get ourselves back to our clubs and try to perform, then the next time we meet up well try to look at where we wentwrong on this trip. Mak adds a second as a static Scotland defence looks on Every game in this group is going to be massive because the teams are so closely matched and it [England game] is a game well look forward to, its the arch enemy.Everybodys disappointed, as you can imagine, buut theres only three points from us to England.dddddddddddd We made it tough for ourselves and were going to have to get a result from somewhere, and were confident of doing that. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Strachans men started confidently but fell behind to Maks opener after 18 minutes, although Scotland might have been awarded a free-kick for a challenge on striker Steven Fletcher seconds earlier at the other end.Mak grabbed his second shortly after the break with the Scotland defence in disarray and a similarly static rearguard stood and watched as Nemec headed home a third from a corner. Scotland players look dejected after Slovakias third goal The goals werent great, they were avoidable, said Bannan. You dont mind losing to a wonder hit, but to lose goals that you know you dont have to lose hurts more.I thought we played well in the first half but lost a silly goal when they hit us on the counter. It could have been a foul in the build-up to the first goal, which knocks you a bit, but in the second half we have been caught from our corner on the counter.We have to look at it, but when they go 2-0 up it kills us because wed been in the game right up until that point.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the British Masters on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Scotland latest Scotland stats Table Live on Sky ' ' '