The maximum prison sentence for culpable homicide is 15 years, but there is no minimum term and the sentence is at the discretion of the judge. The second count on which he has been found guilty – discharging a firearm in a public place – carries a maximum jail term of five years.
Both state and defence would be expected to make submissions to the judge ahead of her decision on sentencing, which will not be today.
Masipa said on the first day of delivering her verdict that it was clear Pistorius acted unlawfully in opening fire at his home, but she cleared him of the murder charges, for which she said the evidence was “purely circumstantial”.
Masipa said a “reasonable person” would not have fired four shots into the toilet cubicle, and that Pistorius acted “too hastily and used excessive force. In the circumstances, it is clear his conduct was negligent.”
Pistorius has said he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he shot four times through a locked bathroom door, killing her almost instantly.
He was cleared of firing a firearm through a sunroof and of illegal possession of ammunition, but found guilty of illegally discharging a firearm in a crowded restaurant in January 2013, weeks before Steenkamp’s death.
http://www.nigerianheadlines.com/oscar-pistorius-guilty-culpable-homicide/
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