BREAKING NEWS: Oscar Pistorius gets SIX YEARS for murdering Reeva Steenkamp - but is likely to be a free man in just three

The one-time Olympic icon clutched at his family, savouring his last physical contact with them, as he was led down to the cells to await his return to prison. Under the sentencing guidelines used by Judge Thokozile Masipa, the 29-year-old killer will be eligible to be considered for parole after
serving half of the sentence. Although the state were given the opportunity to announce an appeal against the decision, they declined to so. The runner's sister Aimee (left), wept loudly - her hands clasped to her face - as she watched her older brother descend into the bowls of Pretoria's High Court (centre) - where the latest chapter of Pistorius' extraordinary life has played out for the last two years. Reeva Steenkamp's grief-stricken parents Barry and June (right) maintained a dignified silence as Judge Masipa sealed Pistorius' fate, and appeared to accept that the killer was shown great mercy by the judge, who could have jailed him for 15 years. Steenkamp is pictured, inset, with Pistorius.