Acclaimed double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius... has begun his 5-year prison sentence... for the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February last year.
He was transported to Pretoria Central Prison in an armored police vehicle... shortly after sentencing was announced on Tuesday for culpable homicide .
The presiding judge also issued a three-year suspended sentence on a separate firearms charge.
Law experts say the 27-year-old track star could be eligible for parole after serving just 10 months behind bars.
