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Criminal law expert Martin Hood expects a non custodial sentence. Photograph: Herman Verwe/Foto24/Gallo Images Pool/Getty Images
Masipa set canada goose factory sale sentencing for October 13 and granted a bail extension. Flanked by police and bodyguards, a stone faced Pistorius made his way out of the court through a scrum of reporters, television cameras and on lookers.
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Members of the African National Congress Women’s League protest outside the trial of South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius.
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There were many, however, who were more willing to put their trust in the judgement of Masipa, the 66 year old former Soweto crime reporter and social worker who rose to be only the second black female High Court judge.
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Reeva Steenkamp’s father, Barry Steenkamp sits in the Pretoria High Court. Photograph: Phill Magakoe Pool/Independent Newspapers/Gallo Images/Getty Images
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