Witness urges house arrest for Pistorius

South African track star Oscar Pistorius should serve three years of partial house arrest and community service for the negligent killing of his girlfriend, a witness said at the first day of the athlete’s sentencing.

The Paralympic and Olympic star, aged 27, was convicted of culpable homicide — equivalent to manslaughter — last month for the shooting of law graduate and model Reeva Steenkamp, aged 29, on Valentine’s Day 2013.

The case has riveted South Africans and gripped millions around the world, shocked by the fall of a man widely admired as an inspiration for disabled people and a symbol of triumph over adversity.