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Oscar Pistorius given six age for Reeva Steenkamp murder
Oscar Pistorius given six age for Reeva Steenkamp murder
Pistorius’s defence can appeal against the sentence
South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to six age in penitentiary for the murder of his women Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.
The assessment comes after his initial five-year conviction for manslaughter was changed to murder end December on appeal.
He was taken immediately to jail. Both the prosecution and defence tins appeal.
Pistorius, 29, shot Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked toilet doorway in February 2013.
He admitted shooting her, but said he mistook Ms Steenkamp for an intruder and acted out of fear.
In an hour-long session, Judge Thokozile Masipa said mitigating circumstances, such as rehabilitation and remorse, outweighed aggravating broker for deviating from the prescribed 15-year decision for murder.
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Dressed in a gloom suit, Pistorius listened to the righteousness mostly with his top down.
Ms Steenkamp’s parents, Barry and June, sat on the other period of the courtroom, which was packed with journalists and observers.
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Pistorius has already served one year in jail over his previous conviction.
He is legally obliged to serve half of his new verdict in prison before entity eligible for parole.
Right after the session, he was transferred to Khosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.
The six-time Paralympic gold medallist made history by becoming the first amputee sprinter to compete at the Olympics, in 2012 in London, running on prosthetic “blades”.
He had his legs amputated below the knee as a baby.
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