Oscar Pistorius (L) speaks with his defence advocate Barry Roux in the dock at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa for a bail hearing, December 8, 2015. PHOTO: REUTERS
The Supreme Court last Thursday upgraded the 29-year-old athlete's sentence to murder from culpable homicide, South Africa's equivalent of manslaughter, for which he had received a five-year sentence.
South Africa's Supreme Court finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder
Known as "Blade Runner" because of the carbon fibre prosthetic blades he used to race, Pistorius now faces a minimum 15-year jail sentence for murdering his girlfriend. A new sentence will be handed down at a later date.
Pistorius, who said he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he opened fire with his pistol, was released from prison on parole in October after serving one year of his five-year sentence.
Pistorious shoots girlfriend dead
His trial attracted worldwide attention as he denied killing Steenkamp in a rage after the couple had gone to bed at his house in Pretoria.
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