News just in sending Oscar Pistorius to jail for five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Feb last year
Judge Masipa began reading the sentence by saying that, although she had been aided by assessors, the decision was hers and hers alone.
She said:
Sentencing is about achieving the right balance. Sentencing is not a perfect exercise.
She also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge.The prosecution had called for a minimum 10-year sentence; the defence for community service and house arrest.
He will need to serve at least 1/6th of the 5 year term before being considered for home detention
Pistorius gets a 5 year jail term
