Oscar Pistorius Is Convicted Of Culpable Homicide Of Girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - SEPTEMBER 12: Oscar Pistorius's lawyer Barry Roux leaves the North Gauteng High Court on September 12, 2014 in Pretoria, South Africa. South African Judge Thokosile Masipa ruled out murder charges yesterday, but convicted Oscar Pistorius in court today of culpable homicide, as the six month trial of the Olympic double-amputee sprinter comes to an end. His defence maintained that Mr Pistorius mistook Ms Reeva Steenkamp for an intruder in his home when he fired several shots into his bathroom allegedly in self-defence but killing his girlfriend. Sentencing for Pistorius will be on October 13. (Photo by Charlie Shoemaker/Getty Images)