Disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will learn Wednesday how long he will spend in jail when a judge sentences him for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago.<\/p>\n
Pistorius was freed from prison in the South African capital Pretoria last October after serving one year of a five-year term for culpable homicide \u2013 the equivalent of manslaughter.<\/p>\n
But an appeals court upgraded the conviction to murder, which has a mandatory sentence of 15 years.<\/p>\n
Due to his time already spent in jail and mitigating factors such as his disability, he could be given a lesser term.<\/p>\n
Pistorius, 29, shot Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine\u2019s Day in 2013, claiming he mistook her for a burglar when he fired four times through the door of his bedroom toilet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very difficult to predict what sentence it is that will be imposed\u2026 This a fairly unique situation,\u201d Stephan Terblanche, a law professor at the University of South Africa, told AFP.<\/p>\n
Legal expert Llewellyn Curlewis, chair of the Law Society of the Northern Provinces, told AFP that he expected a sentence of between 11 and 14 years.<\/p>\n
Wednesday\u2019s sentencing may also not be the end of the saga, as Pistorius or the state could launch a final round of appeals against the length of the prison term.<\/p>\n
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Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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