{"id":377336,"date":"2017-11-24T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=377336"},"modified":"2017-11-24T16:51:34","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T16:51:34","slug":"oscar-pistorius-jail-term-killing-reeva-steenkamp-doubled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/oscar-pistorius-jail-term-killing-reeva-steenkamp-doubled\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Pistorius jail term for killing Reeva Steenkamp more than doubled"},"content":{"rendered":"
A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius’s jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had argued that the six-year term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was “shockingly light”.<\/p>\n
Ms Steenkamp’s parents were “emotional” as they watched the ruling at home on TV, a spokeswoman said.<\/p>\n
“They feel there has been justice for Reeva. She can now rest in peace,”\u00a0Tania Koen told Associated Press.<\/p>\n
“But at the same time, people think this is the end of the road for them… the fact is they still live with Reeva’s loss every day,” Ms Koen said.<\/p>\n
Oscar Pistorius claimed he shot dead Ms Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013 after mistaking her for a burglar.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein has now given Pistorius the minimum 15 years prescribed for murder in South Africa, less time already served.<\/p>\n
The lower court had justified the six-year sentence by citing mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation and remorse. It said they outweighed aggravating factors such as his failure to fire a warning shot.<\/p>\n