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Oscar Pistorius’s 6 Year Murder Sentence Shocks South Africa

Cape Town Uber driver Eric Selaelo was taken aback by the news. Like many South Africans, he was expecting double amputee and Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius to get at least 10 years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a case that has riveted the country’s attention for most of the past three years.

06 Jul 2016, business.mega.mu

Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail after Murder Conviction

Oscar Pistorius was back in court Tuesday where a judge granted him bail.

08 Dec 2015, business.mega.mu

Oscar Pistorius Murder Conviction Sought by South Africa Prosecutors

South African judges have heard an appeal on whether athlete Oscar Pistorius should be convicted of murder instead of culpable homicide.

03 Nov 2015, business.mega.mu

Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Girlfriend's Death

Oscar Pistorius will spend his first night behind bars tonight, after he was sentenced to five years imprisonment for shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.

21 Oct 2014, business.mega.mu

Oscar Pistorius Guilty of Culpable Homicide in Killing of Girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius, the disabled track star who once commanded stellar heights of international competition at the Paralympic and Olympic Games, was found guilty on Friday of culpable homicide, equivalent to manslaughter, after being acquitted of murder charges for killing his girlfriend.

12 Sep 2014, business.mega.mu

Oscar Pistorius Not Guilty of Murder; Still Faces Lesser Homicide Charge

The Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was declared not guilty of murder on Thursday when the judge in his case said she accepted the main argument in his defense: that he believed he was firing at an intruder rather than at his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, when he killed her in a burst of gunfire through his bathroom door last year

12 Sep 2014, business.mega.mu

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius made history as the first double amputee to run at the Olympics

London 2012 Olympics : Oscar Pistorius stepped on to the track in his carbon fibre artificial limbs shortly after 10.30am for the opening heat. The South African ‘blade runner’ finished second in the first heat of the 400metres, qualifying comfortably for the Olympics semi-final in a season’s best time of 45.44sec. Setting up his blocks [...]The post South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius made history as the first double amputee to run at the Olympics appeared first on Mauritius News Ile Maurice.

04 Aug 2012, KotZot