A South African judge has found Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide for the Valentine's Day shooting last year of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Athlete Oscar Pistorius is facing jail after being found guilty of the manslaughter of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
South African High Court judge Thokozile Masipa had earlier said the 27-year-old Olympian had been "negligent" in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year when he fatally shot the law graduate-turned-model.
Pistorius always admitted being responsible for her death at his home in Pretoria, but said he mistook his partner for intruders and fired four bullets from his 9mm pistol through the lavatory cubicle.
The judge yesterday dismissed prosecution claims that the double-amputee intentionally killed the 29-year-old, saying Pistorius could not be convicted of either premeditated or second-degree murder.
But she returned to court this morning to convict him of culpable homicide - the South African equivalent of the UK's manslaughter charge - and one gun charge relating to a restaurant shooting.
Pistorius stood impassively in the dock with his hands folded in front of him as Judge Thokozile Masipa read out her verdict, which could carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
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