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Oscar Pistorius’s jail sentence increased to 13 years and 5 months

Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence increased to 13 years and 5 months

TIL Desk Sports/ South Africa`s Supreme Court increased Oscar Pistorius` murder sentence on Friday to 13 years and five months after the state argued that his original sentence of six years was “shockingly lenient”.

Pistorius was imprisoned in July last year after being found guilty on appeal of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine`s Day 2013 in a case that attracted worldwide interest.

The athlete was not in court for Friday`s ruling where the court handed down the minimum 15-year sentence prescribed for murder in South Africa and subtracted the years Pistorius had already served.

“The sentence imposed… in respect of murder is set aside and substituted with the following: the respondent is sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 13 years and five months,” the judge said, reading out the court`s decision.

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