Oscar Pistorius verdict – in pictures

                                   Members of the media crowd around Oscar Pistorius

Judge Thokozile Masipa has found Oscar Pistorius guilty of manslaughter over the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, describing him as ‘negligent’. She had cleared him of the charge of murder, stating prosecutors had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the double-amputee Olympic athlete was guilty of premeditated murder.

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            Oscar Pistorius arrives for the verdict in his murder trial at the high court in Pretoria. 

                   Oscar Pistorius arrives at the North Gauteng high court in Pretoria, South Africa

                  Reeva Steenkamp’s father Barry Steenkamp arrives at North Gauteng high court. 

 Carl Pistorius, Oscar’s brother, arrives in a wheelchair having been injured in an earlier car accident.

                                    Oscar Pistorius’s defence lawyer Barry Roux arrives at court.

                                                        Pistorius sits in the dock.

                       A journalist carries newspapers with front page photos of Oscar Pistorius.

Oscar Pistorius passes family members of the late Reeva Steenkamp on his arrival in court to await the verdict 

                                              Judge Thokozile Masipa sits in the high court.

                       Henke Pistorius, Oscar’s father, arrives at the North Gauteng high court.

Oscar Pistorius’s father Henke kisses the hand of his daughter Aimee while part of the judgment is handed down.

                        Oscar Pistorius sits as Judge Masipa begins delivering her verdict.

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius listens to the verdict in his trial at the high court in Pretoria as he is convicted of culpable homicide.

                             Women’s rights supporters demonstrate outside the high court.

                                  Members of the public stand outside North Gauteng high court.

Barry Steenkamp, father of Reeva Steenkamp, looks at Oscar Pistorius in the dock.

Culled from Theguardian