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A South African judge
sentenced Olympic sprinter Oscar
Pistorius to six years in prison for his
girlfriend's murder -- the latest ruling
in a drawn-out case that has
transfixed the nation for years.
Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp at
his home in an upscale Pretoria
neighborhood in the early hours of
Valentine's Day three years ago -- a
killing he says was an accident, after
he mistook her for an intruder, but one
the prosecution called a deliberate act
after the two had an argument.
The same judge originally convicted
him of manslaughter in 2014
after months of hearings, but a higher
court reversed that to murder last
year, leading to Wednesday's
sentencing.
Barring an appeal, it will be the final
sentencing in a saga that started when
Pistorius fired four bullets through his
bathroom door on that fateful morning in February 2013. --- Read More: Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for girlfriend's murder - CNN.com
sentenced Olympic sprinter Oscar
Pistorius to six years in prison for his
girlfriend's murder -- the latest ruling
in a drawn-out case that has
transfixed the nation for years.
Pistorius killed Reeva Steenkamp at
his home in an upscale Pretoria
neighborhood in the early hours of
Valentine's Day three years ago -- a
killing he says was an accident, after
he mistook her for an intruder, but one
the prosecution called a deliberate act
after the two had an argument.
The same judge originally convicted
him of manslaughter in 2014
after months of hearings, but a higher
court reversed that to murder last
year, leading to Wednesday's
sentencing.
Barring an appeal, it will be the final
sentencing in a saga that started when
Pistorius fired four bullets through his
bathroom door on that fateful morning in February 2013. --- Read More: Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for girlfriend's murder - CNN.com
