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Urgent: Paralympian Pistorius sentenced to six years

Xinhua, July 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

The High Court in Pretoria on Wednesday handed down a six-year sentence to Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Reading out the judgment, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the trial of murder-convicted Pistorius had many mitigating factors.

"In the result, the sentence I impose on the accused in terms of murder dolus eventualis, is six years imprisonment," Masipa said. Enditem