--- description: A Pretoria court confirmed to the former Olympian on Monday that he would will be sentenced in June for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp. title: Oscar Pistorius To Be Sentenced in June for Murder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44de931a50c85fd5/69888f6ee20a87ada8a90722/ap_560968207688.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [South Africa](/tag/south-africa/) ## South Africa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oscar Pistorius Will Be Sentenced in June for Murder of His Girlfriend by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 18, 2016 9:22 AM CUT  Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock in a courtroom at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Dec. 8, 2015 Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock in a courtroom at the High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, Dec. 8, 2015Siphiwe Sibeko—AP by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 18, 2016 9:22 AM CUT A South African court confirmed Monday to former Olympic star Oscar Pistorius that he would be [sentenced](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/oscar-pistorius-court-murder-sentencing-hearing "undefined") in June for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The 29-year-old originally received a five-year jail term for culpable homicide, according to the _Guardian_, but the conviction was overturned in December and he was found guilty of murder. Pistorius, who attended the court in Pretoria, was told to return from June 13 to 17 to receive a new sentence. Murder in South Africa carries a minimum sentence of 15 years. Pistorius, known as “Blade Runner” for the prosthetic legs he used to race, maintains he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired the four shots through a locked bathroom door on Feb. 14, 2013. \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/oscar-pistorius-court-murder-sentencing-hearing "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4297257/oscar-pistorius-sentence-murder-reeva-steenkamp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4297257/oscar-pistorius-sentence-murder-reeva-steenkamp/"},"headline":"Oscar Pistorius Will Be Sentenced in June for Murder of His Girlfriend","datePublished":"2016-04-18T09:22:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:49:08.117Z","description":"He faces at least 15 years in jail","url":"https://time.com/4297257/oscar-pistorius-sentence-murder-reeva-steenkamp/","keywords":["South Africa","Murder","oscar pistorius","Reeva Steenkamp"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44de931a50c85fd5/69888f6ee20a87ada8a90722/ap_560968207688.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44de931a50c85fd5/69888f6ee20a87ada8a90722/ap_560968207688.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Oscar Pistorius","caption":"Oscar Pistorius","creditText":"Siphiwe Sibeko—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/south-africa/","name":"South Africa"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4297257/oscar-pistorius-sentence-murder-reeva-steenkamp/","name":"Oscar Pistorius Will Be Sentenced in June for Murder of His Girlfriend"}}]}] ```