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Convicted paralympian Oscar Pistorius battled to get to his vehicle through a crowd of people gathered outside the High Court in Pretoria on Friday.
Cellphone image showing paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaving the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday, 11 September 2014. Judgment in his murder trial was postponed to Friday, and Judge Thokozile Masipa was due to rule on whether Pistorius was guilty of culpable homicide, which is defined as the unlawful killing of a person without an intention to kill. Pistorius was acquitted of murder as the court found that the evidence with regard to the charge was “purely circumstantial”. Picture:SAPA
People in the crowd screamed as he made his way out of the court escorted by police officers.
They had patiently waited – cellphones in hand – for him to leave the court after his bail was extended until sentencing on October 13.
Pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February last year.
He has also been convicted of illegally discharging a firearm in Tasha’s restaurant in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, in January 2013.
The 27-year-old had told the court he thought an intruder was behind the door of the toilet in his Pretoria home when he opened fire on it four times. The State had argued that he was guilty of premeditated murder.
Pistorius pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, and to three firearm-related charges.
Sentencing was postponed to October 13.
– Sapa
