Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympian described by a judge as a “fallen hero,” has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a ruling viewed by some as too lenient.

Oscar Pistorius is being portrayed as a "poor victim" ahead of his sentencing for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a prosecutor has said.

Oscar Pistorius asked a friend to take the blame after a pistol was accidentally fired in a restaurant in Johannesburg weeks before the double-amputee runner fatally shot his girlfriend, a witness told the Pistorius murder trial.

Oscar Pistorius was served with new indictment papers yesterday containing two extra charges believed to allege that he recklessly shot his gun out the open sunroof of a car last year and fired someone else’s handgun at a restaurant weeks before he killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.