South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year at his home in Pretoria, Radio New Zealand reports.
At the culmination of one of the most watched murder trials in recent history, the 27-year-old disabled sprinter was today led away by police to holding cells beneath the courtroom in Pretoria.
Last month he was found guilty on the charge of culpable homicide for shooting Steenkamp dead in the toilet of his home, but cleared of murder.
Pistorius claimed that he had mistaken her for an intruder.
The 29-year-old model and law graduate was hit three times by bullets.
However, Judge Thokozile Masipa said the state had failed to prove that he intended to kill.
The Olympic and Paralympic track star wiped his eyes as the judge handed down the prison sentence. He was also given a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge.
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