Article: Pistorius sentenced to five years imprisonment

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Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced in the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday to five years imprisonment for the culpable homicide killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

He was also sentenced to three years, suspended for five years, for firing a pistol under a table at Tasha's restaurant in Johannesburg in January 2013.

 

[Creag]

Seems fair. Just glad this over and we can get back to normality.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Very surprised that he will see the inside of a jail to be honest...

 

[akescpt]

is he guaranteed to be in for 5 years or is it 6 months in the sick bay and then parole?

 

[HDS]

5 years for killing a person? **** me.

 

[MartyMarts]

Seems fair. Just glad this over and we can get back to normality.

He's obviously going to appeal, surely. So not the end?

 

[MickZA]

Great, now if we can only get the Dewani trial off the front page we can concentrate on the important stuff - Zuma and his benighted palace.

 

[Galactica]

Only 10 months in prison.

"Pistorius must serve at least 1/6 of his sentence before house arrest considered - that is just over ten months," tweets Debora Patta.

 

[Creag]

He's obviously going to appeal, surely. So not the end?

Good grief, Sire! You shattered all my hope!

 

[Galactica]

Pistorius not appealing.

 

[Randux]

Cue detoriated health

 

[Celine]

He's obviously going to appeal, surely. So not the end?

you obviously can't read at all.

 

[sparticus]

Just heard 10 months jail time and the rest house arrest ?????

 

[MartyMarts]

you obviously can't read at all.

Didn't read the article. Was following erm... somewhere else.

 

[mercurial]

Just heard 10 months jail time and the rest house arrest ?????

Yip. What a joke. They said Roux has smiles all over his face.

 

[jansdejager]

Bet everybody's feeling regret for berating Oscar's drunken binges, there won't be any of those for 5 years! At least not outside his back yard..

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Just heard 10 months jail time and the rest house arrest ?????

That's not the official sentence. 5 years is. He becomes eligible for house arrest after a certain period of time and depending on behaviour.

 

[AthenianOwl]

That's not the official sentence. 5 years is. He becomes eligible for house arrest after a certain period of time and depending on behaviour.

He will be freed as **** in 10 months.

 

[ponder]

Just heard 10 months jail time and the rest house arrest ?????

Section 276 1(i) of the Criminal Procedure Act.
http://www.dcs.gov.za/Services/CorrectionalSupervisionandParoleBoards.aspx

Will have to be referred back to the court to be placed under correctional supervision from what I understand.