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Oscar Pistorius in more trouble as S/A court increases his jail term to13yrs - Adesewa - 11-25-2017
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A South African court yesterday increased the jail sentence of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius from six years to 13 years and five months for murdering his girlfriend , Reeva Steenkamp .
“ The appeal against sentence is upheld … The respondent is sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 13 years and five months, ” Judge Willie Seriti said .
The audience in the courtroom reacted to the judgment by audible gasps. “ The 31 - year- old sprinter, who was not present during the ruling , should have been sentenced to 15 years , but the court took into account the time Pistorius had served.
In 2015 , in a case that gripped South Africa and the world , Pistorius was found guilty of the Valentine ’ s Day murder of his girlfriend , the model Reeva . The prosecution had argued that Pistorius ’ disability should not have been a mitigating factor and that the athlete , who wept regularly throughout the trial , had not shown genuine remorse .
The South African double - amputee sprinter, known as the “ Blade Runner, ” maintains he believed Steenkamp was an intruder when he shot her through the bathroom door. It was the second time the prosecution had appealed .
Pistorius was originally found guilty of culpable homicide with a five- year jail term , but this was changed to murder on appeal . The sprinter, whose lower legs were amputated because of a congenital defect , soared to international fame after becoming the first amputee to compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games.