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The High Court in Pretoria sentenced him to 6 years in prison for shooting & killing her in 2013. Oscar Pistorius in the North Gauteng High Court on 15 June 2016. PRETORIA - Judge Thokozile Masipa says the murder of Reeva Steenkamp has destroyed the lives and families of two people and left her murderer,  Oscar Pistorius , a ruined man.  The High Court in Pretoria  sentenced Pistorius to six years in prison  for shooting and killing her in 2013.  The Supreme Court of Appeal overturned his initial culpable homicide conviction last year and replaced it with murder. WATCH: Pistorius handed six years for Steenkamp’s murder Judge Masipa says she carefully considered the evidence of Barry Steenkamp and Reeva’s cousin, Kim Martin.  She says Pistorius’s life will also never be the same.  Masipa says Pistorius has shown remorse.  GOOD CANDIDATE FOR REHAB While handing down the sentence, Masipa empha...

PRETORIA - The State has accused  convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius  of disrespecting the court and  Reeva Steenkamp , for not testifying during sentencing proceedings, but instead giving an interview to a British television station. The case has been postponed until next month after the prosecution and defence concluded closing arguments yesterday.  It emerged last week that Pistorius has given an exclusive interview to ITV , in which he apparently discusses the night he murdered his girlfriend.  State prosecutor Gerrie Nel says the trial court and Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) found that Pistorius did not provide a credible version of what led to him opening fire on the night he killed Steenkamp. Nel argued that even after the murder conviction, Pistorius has failed to address the court to offer an explanation.  “The accused elected to give an interview to  ITV,  but did not take this court into his confidence. That’s disres...