Fallen “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius walked on his amputated stumps in a bid to avoid 15 years in jail
The old image of Oscar Pistorius, as the triumphant athlete who defied his own physical impediments to compete on the world stage, slipped further from memory today (June 15). In a bid to avoid 15 years in jail for the murder of his girlfriend, Pistorius took off his prosthetic legs and walked around a South African courtroom on his amputated stumps.
Pistorius has been convicted and sentenced for the Valentine’s Day shooting death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013. After a lengthy, televised trial the following year, during which his lawyers argued that he thought he was shooting an intruder, a judge found Pistorius guilty of manslaughter. The Supreme Court of Appealoverturned that decision and upgraded the conviction to murder, meaning a much harsher jail sentence. Pistorius exhausted his legal options when the Constitutional Court chose not to hear his appeal.
“I don’t want to overplay disability but the time has come that we must just look with different eyes,” his attorney Barry Roux said as Pistorius prepared to show his vulnerability. “I’m told he’s very embarrassed to do that, but he knows it’s important.”
Pistorius had swapped his black suit for a T-shirt and running shorts emblazoned with the logo of his former sponsor, Nike. The Paralympian who qualified for the Olympics was known as the Blade Runner for the specialized carbon-fiber prosthetics he competed in. Once the 15th-fastest man in the world, he ran a personal best of 45.07 in a 400-meter race in 2011.
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