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PRETORIA - South African Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison by Judge Thokozile Masipe.
Pistorius was convicted last month of "culpable homicide" - South Africa's equivalent of manslaughter, for the deadly shooting of his lover Reeva Steenkamp last year.
The prosecution had called for 10 years in jail. The defence pleaded for house arrest and community service.