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Oscar Pistorius to be sentenced for murder on July 6

South African paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced on July 6 for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

The double-amputee's manslaughter conviction was overturned last year by an appeals court, which convicted Pistorius of the more serious charge of murder.

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Father: Reeva's death 'like it happened yesterday'

The father of Reeva Steenkamp has described in court the moment he found out his daughter had died.

"I was at work. I got a phone call from June", said Barry Steenkamp.

"I couldn't really understand what she was so upset about. (She was) screaming and shouting. At first I thought one of our animals had got killed or something. She said 'come home immediately, come home'.

"I dropped everything. On my way home I tried to fathom what she had tried to tell me but then I realised she'd mentioned Reeva.

"Driving home I realised more and more, Reeva's been killed. It hit me then.

"It's like it happened yesterday. Thank god we had a friend of us staying at the house. He was trying to comfort June."

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