NYRALAND: OSCAR PISTORIUS

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Oscar Pistorius has been given a six-year prison sentence, for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.
The 29-year-old was found guilty of killing Steenkamp by an Appeal 
Court in December last year, but he received his sentence on Wednesday 
morning in a Pretoria Court.<br />

Pistorius, a six-time Paralympic gold medalist, shot Steenkamp through a toilet door in February 2013.<br />
Judge Thokozile Masipa said Pistorius’ case had substantial and compelling circumstances, which justified a lesser sentence.<br />

“Although a custodial sentence is a proper sentence, I am of a view 
that a long term of imprisonment will not serve justice in this matter,”
 Masipa said.<br />

“The accused has already served a sentence of 12 months’ 
imprisonment, he is a first offender and, considering the facts of this 
matter, he is not likely to re-offend.”<br />

Many legal experts had expected the Olympic runner to get between 11 and 14 years.<br />
Jacqui Mofokeng, spokeswoman of the ruling ANC party’s women league, 
told AFP: “We are very disappointed. From five years [the culpable 
homicide sentence] that we fought against, and now it is six, what is 
that?<br />

“It’s an insult to the women of South Africa.”<br />
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Oscar Pistorius jailed for six years for murdering Reeva Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius has been given a six-year prison sentence, for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013. The 29-year-...