The Tribunal Pretoria announced the verdict African athlete-amputee Oscar Pistorius, who at the beginning of February last year killed his girlfriend Riva Stenkamp. The prosecution failed to prove that the intent of this murder. The Pretoria court said that an athlete could not plan the murder Riva Stenkamp in advance. In consequence, Pistorius has avoided a life sentence. Later the judge Thokozile Masipa reported that an athlete cannot be found guilty of murder Stenkamp. She said that on the Tribunal will announce a decision on whether it was a premeditated murder, but first I'll make a break for lunch. "The accused cannot be found guilty of premeditated murder. But this is not the final verdict," the judge said. Note that during the hearing it was reported that witnesses this process could present false evidence. "It would be foolish to rely on all sorts of eyewitness testimony. People tend to make mistakes, and their memoirs can change over time. The deceased could not scream as it was described by the witnesses who were firmly convinced that the often heard the screams of a female", - quotes the judge "R-Sport". As we informed the Melbourne Herald sun, on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2013, in the house of the athlete's Paralympic killed his girlfriend, the famous South African model Riva Stenkamp. According to one version, the woman wanted to make her lover a surprise and appeared in his house without warning. In consequence, Pistorius decided that it slipped thieves, and he began to defend. The accused insists on manslaughter, however five of the witnesses of the prosecution say that fatal night they heard a female screaming from the building. 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 court decided to place the Paralympic for 1 month in a psychiatric hospital. In the result, the doctors confirmed that Pistorius was sane at the time of the murder. However, according to doctors, Paralympic included in suicidal risk and it necessarily required the help of professionals.