Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in Prison for girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp’s Murder

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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 15 : Oscar Pistorius leaves the North Gauteng High Court at the end of the day on June 15, 2016 and will return on July 6th for the final sentencing of his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Having had his conviction upgraded to murder in December 2015, Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius is attending his sentencing hearing and will be returned to jail for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on February 14th 2013. The hearing is expected to last five days. (Photo by Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images)
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – JUNE 15 : Oscar Pistorius leaves the North Gauteng High Court at the end of the day on June 15, 2016 and will return on July 6th for the final sentencing of his murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa. Having had his conviction upgraded to murder in December 2015, Paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius is attending his sentencing hearing and will be returned to jail for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on February 14th 2013. The hearing is expected to last five days. (Photo by Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images)


   Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced in a fresh hearing to 6 years in prison for “culpable homicide” of his live-in girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

He may be eligible for parole and may not have to serve the full term in prison.

Here’s a live feed from investigative journalist Debora Patta live at the courthouse, who says Reeva’s family thinks the sentence is light, although they have forgiven Oscar.

here is a link
 https://twitter.com/Debora_Patta?ref_src=twsrc^tfw



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