Tuesday 21 October 2014

Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison, for culpable homicide


Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to 5years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 by a South African judge, Thokozile Masipa.

The judge also sentenced the double-amputee olympian to 3years in prison for unlawfully firing a gun in a restaurant in separate incident, weeks before killing his girlfriend.

Pistorius killed his girlfriend on Valentine's day last year, shooting her through a toilet door in his home.


Pistorius testified that the shooting was an accident, because he mistook her for an intruder.

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