Oscar Pistorius re-sentencing to begin

The long legal battle for former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius could be nearing the end.

Murder sentencing proceedings are expected to get underway this morning at the North Gauteng High Court.

This will be not his first sentencing as he was formerly convicted for culpable homicide and was sentenced to five years in prison of which he only served 10 months. In December, the culpable homicide conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeal and found Pistorius guilty of the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on 13 February 2016.

Pistorius tried to appeal the murder conviction with the Constitutional Court but leave to appeal was denied by the court in February this year. For his murder conviction, Pistorius faces a minimum sentence of 15 years. His defence team is expected to ask for a lenient sentence which could see him serve less time in prison, or even try for a suspended sentence.

His supporters are already outside the high court where he will be appearing shortly.

Some of the people have been weighing in on their views on the matter and others also shared what is happening at the court on twitter:

#OscarPistorius Worldwide supporters group singing in defence of the runner outside court pic.twitter.com/pUJl8uJT0i

— Alex Crawford (@AlexCrawfordSky) June 13, 2016

#OscarPistorius Barry Steenkamp, father of Reeve, arrives for sentencing hearing of daughter's killer pic.twitter.com/BaPsgX3ryO

— John Ray (@johnrayitv) June 13, 2016

Dolus Eventualis is a form of intent & referring to it as indirect intent or intent without malice is fallacious. #OscarPistorius

— Brenda Wardle (@BrendaWardle) June 13, 2016

Scholtz says he has conducted 8 hours assessment with Pistorius and interviews with family, experts and officials #OscarPistorius

— David McKenzie (@McKenzieCNN) June 13, 2016

How is calling Scholtz a clever move by the defence? #OscarPistorius fooled him once before hence why there was an appeal that was upheld!

— Leonie 💙 ☘️ 🐧🐧🐧🐧🐧 (@penguinoni) June 13, 2016

Finally the moment is near for #OscarPistorius to pay his debt to Reeva her family & society. He will have time to reflect on his violence..

— Shavian (@TheShawrus) June 3, 2016