July 6, 2016
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius (click here) has been sentenced to six years in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius, 29, who was dressed in a dark suit, hugged members of his legal team, a witness said, before he sat down to hear his fate.
Steenkamp's mother and father, who said Pistorius had to pay for his crime, were also in the court.
Pistorius was freed from prison in the South African capital Pretoria last October after serving one year of a five-year term for culpable homicide - the equivalent of manslaughter.
