Oscar
Pistorius, the South African Paralympic and Olympic athlete, removed the
prostheses he uses for walking and running in court on Wednesday in an effort
to avoid a heavy jail sentence for killing his girlfriend with four shots from
a 9mm handgun fired through a closed toilet door.
Pistorius,
whose lower legs were amputated when he was 11 months old, removed his
prostheses and made his way unsteadily across the courtroom.
On
the third day of a sentencing hearing in the Gauteng high court in Pretoria,
Barry Roux, who leads the former athlete’s defence team, said they wanted to
show the court that Pistorius was not a “strong, ambitious man winning gold
medals”.
“I
don’t want to overplay vulnerability … I don’t want to overplay disability … It
doesn’t mean because he’s vulnerable that he can do what he likes. But please
let’s understand … who is this man that you must sentence?” Roux said.
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