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		</div><p>South Africa&#8217;s former Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has appeared in court in Pretoria where a judge scheduled five days in June to sentence him for the murder of his girlfriend.</p>
<p>The 29-year-old double amputee sprinter, who was found guilty of murdering Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine&#8217;s Day 2013, was greeted by a small group of supporters outside the court.</p>
<p>Judge Aubrey Ledwaba said the sentencing hearing for Pistorius will be held from June 13 to 17.</p>
<p>Pistorius had appealed against his murder conviction at South Africa&#8217;s Constitutional Court, arguing that a lower court erred when it overturned his manslaughter conviction and found him guilty of murder.</p>
<p>The Constitutional Court judges dismissed his appeal.</p>
<p>The minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years, though it can be reduced.</p>
<p>The sentencing hearing will be heard by Judge Thokozile Masipa, who presided over Pistorius&#8217;s trial and found him guilty of manslaughter, a verdict that was overturned by a higher court that found him guilty of murder.</p>
<p>Pistorius is expected to argue for a lesser sentence.</p>
<p>He has already spent one year in the hospital wing of Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria.</p>
<p>Pistorius is currently serving the remainder of his five-year manslaughter sentence under house arrest and he stays at his uncle&#8217;s home in Pretoria.</p>
<p>He was cheered by his supporters, most of whom were dressed in white, when he left the court and navigated his way through a scrum of reporters.</p>
<p>A leader of the supporters, Don Hassett, appealed for a lenient sentence for Pistorius.</p>
<p>&#8220;He knows it was wrong and he has admitted that but the media has generated hatred against Oscar,&#8221; Mr Hasset told reporters.</p>
<p>Before the proceedings a group of supporters gathered inside the courtroom and prayed for the athlete.</p>
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