Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide
Updated: 2014-09-12 16:34
(Agencies)
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Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius reacts as he listens to Judge Thokozile Masipa's judgement at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, September 11, 2014. A South African judge cleared Oscar Pistorius of all murder charges on Thursday, saying prosecutors had failed to prove the Olympic and Paralympic track star intended to kill his girlfriend or an imagined intruder on Valentine's Day last year. [Photo/Agencies] |
PISTORIUS - A South African judge on Friday found Olympic and paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide for the Valentine's Day shooting last year of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
As Pistorius stood impassively in the dock with his hands folded in front of him, Judge Thokozile Masipa read out her verdict, which could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
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