Known Paralympic Oscar Pistorius finally heard the verdict on the murder of his wife Riva Stenkamp. Runner-amputee next 5 years will spend in prison, and it is quite humane final debate.
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend. Athlete-amputee during the announcement of the verdict began to sob. Courtroom famous athlete left under escort.
"Oscar Pistorius is found guilty of murder, life imprisonment is 5 years," said the judge Thokozile Masipa. With all this, she did not recognize the proposal defense Oscar Pistorius on appointing him public works in the form of penalties for murder Riva Stenkamp.
Attorney athlete Barry Roux asked for a private client the sanction of public works for the murder Stenkamp. "In public works would not be necessary. The sanction proposed by 2 witnesses for the defense, it would be inappropriate," announced the judge.
In addition to five years in prison, Pistorius has received a symbolic period of 3 years for possession of a firearm and armed attack. With all of this being said the lawyer of the family Riva Stenkamp, the relatives of the murdered young women are satisfied with the verdict.
As we informed the Melbourne Herald sun, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2013, at home athlete-Paralympic killed his girlfriend, the famous South African model Riva Stenkamp. According to one version, the young woman wanted to make her lover a surprise and appeared in his house without warning. The Pistorius decided that it slipped thieves, and he began to defend. The suspect insists on manslaughter, however five of the witnesses of the prosecution's claim that fateful night they heard the lady's screams from the house.
The trial started on March 3, 2014. Attorney Jerry Nelly insisted on premeditated murder, for which 27-year-old Pistorius threatened to 25 years in prison to life imprisonment. In early may, the Tribunal decided to put the Paralympic for 1 month in a psychiatric hospital. In consequence of the doctors admitted that Pistorius was sane at the time of the murder.
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