Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five-year jail term for killing girlfriend

A South African judge Tuesday sentenced Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius to five years in prison for the negligent killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
At the culmination of one of the most watched murder trials in recent history, the 27-year-old disabled sprinter was led away by police officers to holding cells beneath the courtroom in Pretoria.
Pistorius wiped his eyes as Judge Thokozile Masipa handed down the prison sentence for culpable homicide.
Masipa - only the second black woman to rise to South Africa's bench - said the sentence had to be "fair and just to society and to the accused".
There was no immediate reaction from members of the athlete's family, or from relatives of Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law graduate and model.
"Justice was served," said Dup De Bruyn, the lawyer for the Steenkamp family. He told reporters the judge had given "the right sentence", according to a news agency.