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Oscar Pistorius sentenced to six years jail for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp - but could be out in just three years

The disgraced athlete remained staring blankly forwards as the judge handed down the paltry jail term which means he could be free in just three years.

It comes despite the model’s parents releasing horrific pictures of her gunshot wounds while pleading for the double-amputee to be sent down for at least 15 years.
The six year sentence of Oscar Pistorius for the gruesome murder of Reeva Steenkamp has already caused outrage in South Africa

The six-year jail term was blasted by the ANC Womens League with the league's Jacqui Mofokeng calling it "an embarrassment to the justice system of this country."
Other members of the league who were in court said the decision was "a total insult" to women.

The six year sentence is only one year longer than the initial five-year sentence that Judge Thokozile Masipa handed down for culpable homicide before it was upgraded to murder by South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal last year.
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