MOSCOW, July 6 (RAPSI) - South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, CNN reported Wednesday.

The tragedy at Pistorius’ home took place on February 14, 2013. The athlete killed his girlfriend after he mistook her for an intruder. He fired several shots at a locked bathroom door. The young woman sustained lethal injuries in the head, arms and chest.

In September 2014, a South African court found Pistorius guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced him to five years in prison. A judge ruled that the sprinter had acted negligently but unintentionally when he shot Steenkamp, CNN reported.

In October 2015, Pistorius was put under house arrest. In December, the Supreme Court of Appeals reversed the verdict on prosecutors’ appeal. The case was remanded for a new trial.

Pistorius – a double amputee – has won six Paralympic gold metals, and competed in the 2012 London Olympics. He has come to be popularly known as the “blade runner” due to the distinctive shape of his prosthetic legs.