Intro:

Judge Masipa sentences Oscar Pistorius to five years imprisonment for killing his girlfriend Riva Steenkamp.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English) Judge Thokozile Masipa:

"The following is what I consider to be a sentence that is fair and just, both to society and to the accused. Count one, culpable homicide, the sentence imposed is the maximum imprisonment of five years imposed in terms of section 276, 1I, of the criminal procedure act, number 51, of 1977. Two, on count two, the contravention of section 120, subsection 3B, of the firearms control act, number 60 of 2000, the sentence imposed is three years imprisonment, wholly suspended for five years on condition that within the period of suspension the accused is not found guilty of a crime where there is negligence involving the use of a firearm. Paragraph three, the sentence in count one and the sentence on count two shall run concurrently."