Pistorius presses bid to avoid prison at sentencing hearing
Oscar Pistorius tried to show he is the ideal candidate for house arrest on Tuesday, as the judge heard the final defence witnesses in the Paralympic gold medallist’s sentencing hearing.
Oscar Pistorius tried to show he is the ideal candidate for house arrest on Tuesday, as the judge heard the final defence witnesses in the Paralympic gold medallist’s sentencing hearing.
The star sprinter’s longtime manager Peet van Zyl took the witness stand for the second day to outline Pistorius’s charity work, an important component of the athlete’s strategy to avoid serving time behind bars.
On Monday, prison official Joel Maringa recommended that 27-year-old Pistorius should receive three years “correctional supervision” through house arrest for fatally shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius was found guilty last month of negligently killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day last year.
The double amputee athlete was cleared of the more serious charge of murder.