Oscar Pistorius ' conduct was `` negligent , '' Judge Thokozile Masipa says . The judge said the athlete had been found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison for shooting Steenkamp through a locked toilet door at his home on Valentine's Day last year. In addition to the murder charge , Pistorius faces three weapons charges . `` I am not persuaded that a reasonable person with the accused 's disabilities in the same circumstances would have fired four shots into that small toilet cubicle . '' The most serious weapons charge is related to ammunition found in his house .
Oscar Pistorius ' conduct was `` negligent , '' Judge Thokozile Masipa says . The judge said the athlete had been found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison for shooting Steenkamp through a locked toilet door at his home on Valentine's Day last year. In addition to the murder charge , Pistorius faces three weapons charges . The most serious weapons charge is related to ammunition found in his house .