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BREAKING NEWS: Oscar Pistorius Sentenced To 5 YEARS In Jail For Manslaughter
 
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Tue, 21 Oct 2014   ||   Nigeria,
 

A South African judge has sentenced Olympian Oscar Pistorius to five years in jail for the shooting death of model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, Tuesday, October 21, 2014 in Pretoria.

He has been sentenced for three years for firearm negligence both sentences will run cncurrently.

The sentencing also includes five years suspension with community service.

Judge Thokozile Masipa had found the double-amputee athlete who is popularly called the Blade Runner, not guilty of murder and 2nd degree murder. She found him guilty of culpable homicide on September 12, 2014.

Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Steenkamp in the morning of Valentine’s Day in 2013 in his home.

Steenkamp’s family was in the room when the sentence was delivered.

 

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