South African judge Thokozile Masipa has sentenced Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The Olympic and Paralympic sprinter was convicted last month for shooting the 29-year-old model dead on Valentine’s Day last year.
In her 12 September verdict, Judge Thokozile Masipa cleared Pistorius of murder, saying the state had failed to prove his intent to kill when he fired four rounds through the door of a toilet cubicle.
Pistorius said he fired in the mistaken belief an intruder was lurking behind the door at his luxury Pretoria home.
However, the judge ruled the killing was legally negligent and convicted him for culpable homicide, South Africa’s equivalent of manslaughter.