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Mahakama kuu ya rufaa nchini Afrika Kusini imemuongezea adhabu ya kukaa jela mwanariadha na mshindi wa Olimpiki Oscar Pistorius kutoka miaka 6 hadi 13.
Waendesha mashtaka wasema kifungo cha miaka 6 kwa mtu aliyefanya mauaji ni kidogo mno
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A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months.
Prosecutors had argued that the six-year term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was "shockingly light". A spokesman for Ms Steenkamp's family said the ruling "verified there was justice".
Pistorius claimed he shot dead Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013 after mistaking her for a burglar.
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein has now given him the minimum 15 years prescribed for murder in South Africa, less time already served.
The lower court had justified the six-year sentence by citing mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation and remorse. It said they outweighed aggravating factors such as his failure to fire a warning shot.
The athlete was not in court to hear the decision.
He was initially given a five-year term for manslaughter in 2014, but was found guilty of murder on appeal in 2015.
- BBC Sports
Waendesha mashtaka wasema kifungo cha miaka 6 kwa mtu aliyefanya mauaji ni kidogo mno
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A South African court has increased Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence for killing his girlfriend to 13 years and five months.
Prosecutors had argued that the six-year term for murdering Reeva Steenkamp was "shockingly light". A spokesman for Ms Steenkamp's family said the ruling "verified there was justice".
Pistorius claimed he shot dead Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013 after mistaking her for a burglar.
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein has now given him the minimum 15 years prescribed for murder in South Africa, less time already served.
The lower court had justified the six-year sentence by citing mitigating circumstances such as rehabilitation and remorse. It said they outweighed aggravating factors such as his failure to fire a warning shot.
The athlete was not in court to hear the decision.
He was initially given a five-year term for manslaughter in 2014, but was found guilty of murder on appeal in 2015.
- BBC Sports