He was a Paralympic hero who became the world's most famous murderer after he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in cold blood.
On Valentine's Day, 2013, Oscar Pistorius shot and killed the 29-year-old paralegal and model in the bathroom of his home in Pretoria, South Africa.
It was less than a year after he had been lauded with praise after competing at both the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Initially, Pistorius claimed he had woken up in the middle of the night, confused, and thought his girlfriend was an intruder hiding in the bathroom of his lavish home.
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