Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius removed his prosthetic legs and walked around a court at the request of his lawyer ahead of his sentencing for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeve Steenkamp in 2013.
The South African athlete was visibly upset as he demonstrated his disability for the judge who will decide what sentence to impose. This comes after the country's Court of Appeal overturned an earlier conviction of manslaughter and found him guilty of murder.
The athlete could face a 15 year jail term. Pistorius has always maintained he fired through a bathroom door at Steenkamp in the belief she was an intruder.
Aislinn Laing, Africa Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, said the sight of Pistorius on his stumps without his prosthetic legs was striking.
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Aislinn Laing, Africa Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, said while many in the court were shocked at seeing Pistorius without his prosthetic legs, Reeva's family did not react.
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