INTRO: Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius will know on Tuesday whether he will go to prison for shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was earlier found guilty of culpable homicide (manslaughter). Arguments in mitigation and aggravation of sentence were completed in the High Court in Pretoria today.
The athlete's defence has pleaded with the judge that Pistorius be sentenced to house arrest and community service, as he would not be safe in prison.
But state prosecutor Gerrie Nel was adamant that society and the family wanted Pistorius to go to prison for a long time ...
IN: My respectful ...
OUT: ten years minimum sentence.
Dur: 17"
In his closing statements, Nel also questioned Pistorius's claim that his disability was a reason for not being able to go to prison, while his whole career was built on competing against able-bodied athletes.
IN: My lady the accused
OUT: handicap on call.
Dur: 24"
Judge Thokoxile Masipa will deliver the sentence to be imposed on Pistorius on Tuesday next week.