南非"刀鋒戰士"難逃牢獄之災 被判5年監禁
A South African judge on Tuesday sentenced Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic and Paralympic star, to serve a maximum of five years in jail for the culpable homicide, or manslaughter, of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
週二，奧運會及殘奧會明星奧斯卡•皮斯托瑞斯(Oscar Pistorius)因殺害其模特女友瑞瓦•斯滕坎普(Reeva Steenkamp)，被南非法官以過失殺人罪判處五年監禁。他將爲此在監獄度過最多五年時間。
Pistorius was also given a three-year suspended sentence for contravening the firearms control act by firing a pistol in a busy restaurant, to run concurrently. This will be suspended for five years “on condition that within the period of suspension the accused is not found guilty of a crime where there is negligence involving the use of a firearm”.
此外，皮斯托瑞斯還因爲在繁忙的餐館開槍而違反槍支管控法案，被判處三年緩刑，與上述判決一併執行。這意味着後者將會緩期五年後執行，“條件是緩刑期間被告不得出現與使用槍支有關的過失犯罪”。Delivering the lengthy 70-minute judgment, Judge Thokozile Masipa said it was “a sentence that is fair and just, both to society and the accused”. She said a non-custodial sentence “would send the wrong message to the community”, while adding that “on the other hand a long sentence would not be appropriate as it would lack the element of mercy”.
在長達70分鐘的判決宣讀過程中，Thokozile Masipa法官表示，“不論對於社會還是對於被告，這一判決都是公平而又公正的”。她表示不判處監禁“會向社會傳遞錯誤信號”，並補充說“另一方面，監禁時間過長也不合適，那樣就顯示不出法律的仁慈一面”。
After the court adjourned, Pistorius was led down to the holding cells. The Steenkamp family’s lawyer told reporters that “justice was served today” adding that the five-year term was “the right sentence”.
休庭後，皮斯托瑞斯被帶往看守所。斯滕坎普家族的律師告訴記者，“正義在今天得到了伸張”，並補充說五年的判決“十分恰當”。The decision is the final chapter of a dramatic and sometimes controversial trial that has captivated a global television audience.
皮斯托瑞斯一案極富戲劇性並在審判期間多次引發爭議，一直吸引着全球電視觀衆的注意。如今的裁決爲該案畫上了句號。
