‘Fallen hero’ Oscar Pistorius gets 6 years for murdering Reeva Steenkamp

Paralympian and double-amputee Oscar Pistorius must serve six years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Judge Thokozile Masipa in the High Court in Pretoria said he was not likely to reoffend.

Pistorius killed Steenkamp on February 14 2013.

He was released into correctional supervision last year after spending close to one year in prison for his previous sentence of five years for culpable homicide‚ which was changed to murder on appeal.