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He was driven away in a prison van
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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been given five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Judge
Thokozile Masipa also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a
firearms charge.
The parents
of Reeva Steenkamp told the BBC they were happy with the sentence and relieved
the case was over. The defence said it expected Pistorius to serve about 10
months in prison. Continue...
Pistorius
was convicted of culpable homicide but cleared of murder.
Prosecutors
had called for a minimum 10-year term, and the defence had argued for community
service and house arrest.
Defence
lawyer Barry Roux said his client was expected to serve 10 months in prison,
with the rest under house arrest.
Dup De
Bruyn, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family, told Reuters that "justice was
served", although he believed Pistorius would probably serve two years.
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