{South African athlete Oscar Pistorius returns to court later for sentencing after being convicted of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.}<\/p>\n
Pistorius was found guilty of the culpable homicide of Ms Steenkamp last month but he was cleared of murder.<\/p>\n
Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to hand down a sentence after several days of legal arguments and testimony.<\/p>\n
Pistorius faces up to 15 years in jail, although Judge Masipa could suspend the sentence or only impose a fine.<\/p>\n
She said the athlete had acted “negligently” when he shot his girlfriend through a toilet door , but in the “belief that there was an intruder”.<\/p>\n
The Paralympic sprinter had strenuously denied murdering Ms Steenkamp after a row on Valentine’s Day last year, saying he shot her by mistake.<\/p>\n
Ms Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and law graduate, was hit three times by bullets shot through a toilet door by Mr Pistorius at his home in the capital, Pretoria.<\/p>\n
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