A South African court has
increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius’s jail sentence for killing his
girlfriend to 13 years and five months.
Prosecutors had argued that the
initial six-year term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was too short.
The Supreme Court of Appeal ruled
his sentence be increased to 15 years, less time already served.
“The sentence imposed by the
[high court] with respect to murder is set aside and substituted with the
following – the respondent’s imprisonment for 13 years and five months,”
Justice Legoabe Willie Seriti said.
Pistorius claimed he shot
Steenkamp dead on Valentine’s Day in 2013, after mistaking her for a burglar.
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