Judge Thokozile Masipa has sentenced Pistorius to six years in prison for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Masipa handed down sentence at the High Court in Pretoria this morning saying the mitigating factors outweigh aggravating ones, which justify deviating from the minimum sentence of 15 years.
Sentencing arguments were heard last month, for a second time, after Pistorius’s culpable homicide conviction was overturned to that of murder by the supreme court of appeal.
Pistorius shot and killed Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
Outside court, instructing attorney Andrew Fawcett told the media that Pistorius will not be appealing his sentence.
