Currently, state law does not consider a killing a double homicide when an expectant mother is slain.

CNN: Pregnant mom stabbed on her newspaper route

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel told the court that on the night of the killing Mr Pistorius - a double amputee - got up, put on his prostheses, walked seven metres (24ft) and fired his gun through the bathroom door.

BBC: Oscar Pistorius 'shot Reeva Steenkamp in bathroom'

Pistorius, the 26-year-old double amputee track star, is accused in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, 29, last month.

CNN: Botha, former Pistorius detective, off police force

The South African double amputee sprinter is scheduled to appear in court Friday charged with killing Reeva Steenkamp.

CNN: Nike's bullet ad with Pistorius backfires

But he was not jailed for her murder because as the law of double jeopardy stands, Dunlop could not be tried twice for the killing.

BBC: Ann Ming

Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius was arrested earlier today in connection to the shooting and killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home in Pretoria, South Africa.

FORBES: Olympic Sprinter Oscar Pistorius Arrested For Killing Girlfriend

And in February it suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee runner from South Africa charged with premeditated murder in the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.

NPR: Nike's Tiger Woods Ad Draws Critics