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…
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A police photographer took this photo of Oscar Pistorius the night his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp was shot to death. The photo shows the paraplegic Olympic racer in shorts covered in blood, his fist clinched. The picture was shown to the…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The brother of Olympic star Oscar Pistorius is facing a culpable homicide charge for a 2008 road death, compounding problems for the family after the double-amputee runner was charged with premeditated murder in the Feb. 14 shooting…
South African police on Thursday said they would charge Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius with murder after his girlfriend was shot and killed at his home earlier Thursday morning. The circumstances of the incident are still unclear but police in South…