Pistorius made the comments during an interview with ITV, to be broadcast at 9pm on Friday. The interview — at times frank, at other points self-exculpatory, and with moments of prolonged sobbing and even howling — comes days before a South African judge will sentence Pistorius for murder.
He was convicted in of manslaughter, but last year the conviction was upgraded to murder following an appeal by state prosecutors. The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years. However, legal experts say judge Thokozile Masipa has considerable powers of discretion. She had cooked a romantic meal and laid the table with a candle. Pistorius said he took his prosthetic legs off and fell asleep. At 3am he woke. The athlete said he scooped up his firearm and, believing Steenkamp was still in the room, whispered to her to get down and ring the police.
He said he was terrified as he walked toward the bathroom on his stumps, gun in hand. The discovery of the girl follows a huge search operation covering a remote part of Australia. The son of basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was sentenced to six months in jail for stabbing a Southern California neighbor with a hunting knife during an argument over trash cans, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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Since Jacob Chansley was arrested in January, a judge has thrice denied his requests for release, citing concerns he poses a continued flight risk. Close this content. Read full article. More content below. Oscar Pistorius. Reeva Steenkamp. In this article:. Oscar Pistorius' trial and subsequent hearings attracted enormous media interest.
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