{South African athlete Oscar Pistorius returns to court later for sentencing after being convicted of killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.}
Pistorius was found guilty of the culpable homicide of Ms Steenkamp last month but he was cleared of murder.
Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to hand down a sentence after several days of legal arguments and testimony.
Pistorius faces up to 15 years in jail, although Judge Masipa could suspend the sentence or only impose a fine.
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”.
The Paralympic sprinter had strenuously denied murdering Ms Steenkamp after a row on Valentine’s Day last year, saying he shot her by mistake.
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.
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