Oscar Pistorius Removes Prosthetic Legs in Court, Pleads Leniency

Oscar Pistorius removed his prostheses and walked on his stumps in front of a judge in a Pretoria court.

Pistorius’ prosthetics lay on the floor as he walks on his stumps during argument in mitigation of sentence by his defence attorney Barry Roux in the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)

Oscar Pistorius removed his prostheses and hobbled on his stumps in front of a judge in a South African courtroom on Wednesday.

The demonstration formed part of his defense team’s attempt to show that the double-amputee Olympic athlete, convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency when he is sentenced.

Judge Thokozile Masipa will announce Pistorius’ sentence on 6 July, she said at the end of three days of testimony and arguments in Pistorius’ sentencing hearing.

That sentencing is also expected to conclude the three-year legal saga of Pistorius, the once-acclaimed athlete and inspiration to many before he shot his girlfriend in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine’s Day 2013.

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