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African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius was taken to jail
immediately on Wednesday after being sentenced to serve six years for
the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
African Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius was taken to jail
immediately on Wednesday after being sentenced to serve six years for
the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
The state had called for him to receive no less than the prescribed minimum 15-year sentence for murder.
“Public
opinion may be loud and persistent, but it can play no role in the
decision of this court,” High Court judge Thokozile Masipa said in her
ruling.
The Steenkamp family looked stunned that Oscar only received 6 years but
said nothing. And Oscar can be paroled for good behaviour after serving
a 3rd of hissentence, which is just 2 years.
