South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius (C) arrives for the verdict in his murder trial at the high court in Pretoria September 11, 2014. Photo: Reuters.
Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to five years in prison over the shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
The South African athlete was last month found guilty of culpable homicide after Judge Thokozile Masipa acquitted him of the more serious charge of murder over Ms Steenkamp's death on Valentine's Day last year.
On Tuesday evening (Australian time) she sentenced the double amputee sprinter to the maximum term of five years on the count of culpable homicide.
On the second charge of violating the firearms act, she sentenced him to three years, wholly suspended.
The sentences will run concurrently.
