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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 5 years in prison

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Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius stands as he listens to his judgment in the Pretoria High Court on October 21, 2014, in Pretoria, South Africa. Judge Thokozile Masipa handed down her sentence today. Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison. 

The judge delivered the ruling after reviewing arguments from the prosecution asking for a tough sentence, as well as the case of the defense calling for a more lenient punishment for the double-amputee Olympic runner.

"The following is what I consider to be a sentence that is fair and just, both to society and to the accused. Count one: culpable homicide, the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years imposed in terms of section 2761i of the criminal procedure act number 51 of 1977."

Pistorius killed Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, shooting her through a closed toilet door in his home.

Pistorius testified that the shooting was an accident after mistaking his girlfriend for a night time intruder.

The court convicted him of culpable homicide, or negligent killing, but acquitted him of murder.

 

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