Reeva Steenkamp Murder Case

South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.

At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon.

South African prosecutors argued Friday that Oscar Pistorius' six-year jail sentence for murder must be increased, saying he failed to show genuine remorse after killing his girlfriend.

The final witness was due to appear at Oscar Pistorius's sentencing hearing today as the paralympic athlete awaits a new jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago.

Reeva Steenkamp's father broke down in court today as he told a dramatic sentencing hearing that Oscar Pistorius must "pay for his crime" of murdering his daughter three years ago.

Oscar Pistorius, popularly known as Bladerunner, was due to leave prison in August but South Africa's Justice Minister stopped his release. Now, a parole board will meet to determine if the athlete, serving a sentence for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, should leave jail or not.

Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but the family rejected the funds because they did not want "blood money," a prosecutor said on Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for the double-amputee athlete.

A psychologist is testifying on the first day of the sentencing portion of the trial of Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted last month of culpable homicide for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Fallen paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius returns to court on Monday at the start of his sentencing hearing after he was convicted of culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend, with his lawyers set to argue for leniency.

One month after a verdict in the Oscar Pistorius trial, South African justice is again under international scrutiny as prosecutors press a murder case against a British man accused of hiring local men to kill his wife on their 2010 honeymoon and make it look like a botched carjacking.

Live television broadcasts of the murder trial of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius have taken the dramatic case into living rooms around the world - and into classrooms in his home country.

In his closing argument, fiery defence lawyer Barry Roux sought to pick apart the prosecution's case that his famous client had deliberately murdered 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp after an argument in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013.

The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday challenged the credibility of a physician who testified that the athlete has an anxious nature linked to his disability.

Using witness accounts of a panicked night time phone call from Oscar Pistorius begging for help and his desperate pleas for Reeva Steenkamp to stay alive, the defence at his murder trial tried to reinforce its case yesterday that the double-amputee Olympian fatally shot his girlfriend in a tragic error of judgment.

The prosecutor at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, cross-examined one of the defense's forensic experts after the judge overseeing the case warned spectators watching the televised proceedings in an adjacent room for their "unruly" behavior.

South Africa's ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.

At the 2012 London Olympics, before 80,000 roaring fans and a constellation of camera flashes, it took Oscar Pistorius 45.44 seconds to become a global icon.

South African prosecutors argued Friday that Oscar Pistorius' six-year jail sentence for murder must be increased, saying he failed to show genuine remorse after killing his girlfriend.

The final witness was due to appear at Oscar Pistorius's sentencing hearing today as the paralympic athlete awaits a new jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three years ago.

Reeva Steenkamp's father broke down in court today as he told a dramatic sentencing hearing that Oscar Pistorius must "pay for his crime" of murdering his daughter three years ago.

Oscar Pistorius, popularly known as Bladerunner, was due to leave prison in August but South Africa's Justice Minister stopped his release. Now, a parole board will meet to determine if the athlete, serving a sentence for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, should leave jail or not.

Oscar Pistorius offered $34,000 to the family of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after he killed her, but the family rejected the funds because they did not want "blood money," a prosecutor said on Tuesday at the sentencing hearing for the double-amputee athlete.

A psychologist is testifying on the first day of the sentencing portion of the trial of Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted last month of culpable homicide for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Fallen paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius returns to court on Monday at the start of his sentencing hearing after he was convicted of culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend, with his lawyers set to argue for leniency.

One month after a verdict in the Oscar Pistorius trial, South African justice is again under international scrutiny as prosecutors press a murder case against a British man accused of hiring local men to kill his wife on their 2010 honeymoon and make it look like a botched carjacking.

Live television broadcasts of the murder trial of South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius have taken the dramatic case into living rooms around the world - and into classrooms in his home country.

In his closing argument, fiery defence lawyer Barry Roux sought to pick apart the prosecution's case that his famous client had deliberately murdered 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp after an argument in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013.

The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius on Monday challenged the credibility of a physician who testified that the athlete has an anxious nature linked to his disability.

Using witness accounts of a panicked night time phone call from Oscar Pistorius begging for help and his desperate pleas for Reeva Steenkamp to stay alive, the defence at his murder trial tried to reinforce its case yesterday that the double-amputee Olympian fatally shot his girlfriend in a tragic error of judgment.

The prosecutor at the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, cross-examined one of the defense's forensic experts after the judge overseeing the case warned spectators watching the televised proceedings in an adjacent room for their "unruly" behavior.