Oscar Pistorius sentencing live: Watch as the hearing continues on day four
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Version 0 of 1. Thursday sees the former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius return to court for the fourth day of his sentencing hearing, following the death of his former girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year on Valentine's Day. On February 14 2013, Pistorius shot 29-year-old Steenkamp three times through the bathroom door of the couple’s home in Johannesburg. Pistorius denied that he was guilty of murder throughout his trial, and told the court that he had shot Steenkamp in the belief that she was an intruder The athlete was cleared of murder last month by Judge Thokozile Masipa and was instead handed the lesser charge of culpable homicide. Judge Masipa agreed that Pistorius had acted “negligently” but concluded this had been carried out in the "belief that there was an intruder". Live video feed courtesy of enca.com/oscartrial The crime of culpable homicide can carry with it a sentence of 15 years behind bars; however, Judge Masipa could decide to suspend the sentence or merely impose a fine. On Wednesday, the chief prosecutor claimed that society wanted a “heavy punishment” handed to Oscar Pistorius. Gerrie Nel, prosecuting, told the Pretoria Court on the third day of his sentencing hearing that anything less than a jail sentence for the Paralympian athlete would be “shockingly inappropriate”. |