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Oscar Pistorius could face up to 15 years in prison for killing of Steenkamp
June Steenkamp emerged from South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal holding a single red rose on Thursday after a judge overturned Oscar Pistorius’ conviction for the killing of her daughter and convicted him of murder.
The former Paralympian athlete was convicted of culpable homicide for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp four times through a locked bathroom door on Valentine's Day in 2013. He claimed he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder and acted in self-defence but prosecutors claimed he shot with intent to kill and appealed his verdict.
Pistorius served one year in prison for culpable homicide. He was not in court to hear the ruling as he is serving the rest of his original five-year sentence under house arrest.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld this appeal. The judge described the case as "a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions".
Almost immediately after the verdict, people paid tribute to Reeva in tweets reminding the world of the person at the centre of the case.
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