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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