Court Supreme South Africa issued a final judgment in the case known disabled athlete and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius. He was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for the murder of his partner Reevy Steenkamp. The judge said that immediately after reading the judgment Pistorius is going to jail.
The prosecution demanded at least 15 years in prison, according to the minimum prescribed for murder in the criminal code.
– The public can be loud and stubborn, but can not play role in the judgment of this court – said after reading the judgment, judge Thokozile MASIP. She referred in this way to the many pressures of the media to punish Pistorius severely.
The mysterious death at home
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the tragedy occurred on the night of 13 on February 14, 2013 year. In unclear circumstances athlete, including five-time Paralympic champion, shot Steenkamp at his home. The woman died on the toilet, after Pistorius gave four shots through the closed door. He maintained that the effect of a mishap, because it made a mistake with a burglar.
At the end of 2014 the first instance Pistorius was sentenced to five years imprisonment. The Court then found that there was only to “manslaughter”. The prison had already left October 20, 2015, because according to the law in South Africa, a person sentenced to imprisonment of not more than five years after the completion of at least 1/6 of the sentence, the remainder may be commuted to house arrest. Athlete stayed in prison for 10 months.
With this decision, he disagreed with the prosecutor, who called for a change of qualification of crime at the murder for which he would risk Pistoriusowi 15 years’ imprisonment. For the athlete back to jail repeatedly called the relatives Steenkamp. December 3, 2015, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa acceded to the request of the Prosecutor and Pistorius found guilty of murder, while directing the case for reconsideration.
Last Pistorius lived under house arrest in the estate of his uncle. He was supervised by electronic taken from him the passport.
Author: mk / kk / PAP
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