DOSEN'T HE DESERVE A LONGER SENTENCE? WHY WAS OSCAR PISTORIUS JAILED 5 YEARS?

I totally think his sentencing was too short.

Oscar Pistorius had been handed a five-year sentence for the culpable homicide (manslaughter) of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day last year.




He was driven to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison where he is expected to be housed in the hospital wing.

Judge Thokozile Masipa gave Pistorius a five-year jail sentence for culpable homicide, but cleared him of murder.

His defence said it expected him to serve about 10 months, with the remainder under house arrest. His family say he will not appeal.

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp told the BBC they were happy with the sentence and relieved the case was over.

Prosecutors had called for a minimum 10-year term, and the defence had argued for community service and house arrest.
The six-time Paralympic gold medallist could serve a minimum of 10 months of his sentence in prison and the rest under house arrest, with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) confirming to the BBC’s sports editor, Dan Roan that the athlete will be barred from competing at IPC events for five years, even if he is released early. Pistorius would therefore be ineligible for the Rio Paralympic Games, as well as the two World Championships – Doha 2015 and London 2017.

Steenkamp died on February 14, 2013, after Pistorius fatally shot her through a toilet door. The athlete says he shot at the door thinking there was an intruder in his house and last month he was cleared of murder charges after Judge Thokozile Masipa stated that the prosecution had failed to prove premeditated murder.

Pistorius was also given a three-year suspended sentence for a separate firearms offence.