OSCAR PISTORIUS SENTENCED FOR 5 YEARS

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to jail for 5 (five) years for culpable homicide for the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. Culpable homicide in South Africa means a person was killed unintentionally, but unlawfully.

During the trial, the double-amputee sprinter most times cried at the mention of Reeva's name. His defence has been that he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder when he shot at her through his apartment's toilet door on Valentine's day - February 14 2013.

Judge Thokozile Masipa issued the ruling this morning October 21, 2014 and also gave Pistorius a 3-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge - although the prosecution had called for a minimum 10-year sentence - defence for house arrest and community service.

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