Oscar Pistorius Not Guilty of Murdering Girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, But...

A south African judge has cleared athlete, Oscar Pistorius of all murder charges in the shooting to death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but female the judge, Thokozile Masipa, while ruling today that the state had failed to prove he was guilty of murder or premeditated murder, and that the evidence was "purely circumstantial". He could not have foreseen killing whoever was behind the toilet door at his home in Pretoria, but the judge also said it was clear that Pistorius had acted unlawfully in shooting the person behind the door on Valentine's Day last year. She was due to return after lunch to deliver her decision on whether the athlete was guilty of culpable homicide – manslaughter – which could result in a prison sentence of up to 15 years.