Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years in jail for Reeva Steenkamp murder
Source: The Guardian
Wednesday 6 July 2016 09.34 BST
Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete, has been sentenced to six years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, who he shot dead with four bullets fired through a closed toilet door.
In what could be the final chapter in a story that has attracted intense worldwide attention, Judge Thokozile Masipa delivered the sentence at a court hearing in Pretoria, saying there were compelling reasons not to give Pistorius a minimum 15 years for murder.
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In explaining her sentencing, Masipa said a lesser sentence could be imposed in cases where a court felt a longer mandatory sentence would be an injustice.
She said there were “substantial and compelling circumstances” for reducing the 15-year minimum sentence and aggravating factors in the case were outweighed by mitigating circumstances, including Pistorius’s vulnerability when he was on his stumps.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/06/oscar-pistorius-jailed-for-xx-years-reeva-steenkamp
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