Though it was a wet morning in Pretoria‚ supporters of former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius were not put off by the rain as they gathered outside the North Gauteng High Court‚ singing and dancing to show the convicted murderer their belief in his innocence. Pistorius is expected to return to court on Monday for his sentencing proceedings to begin.The double-amputee athlete must be sentenced afresh by Judge Thokozile Masipa after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) last year overturned his culpable homicide conviction for shooting and killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp and replaced it with a murder conviction.Dawn Hassett‚ a legal consultant from Johannesburg‚ was among the group Worldwide Supporters of Oscar Pistorius which gathered outside court.Said Hassett: “What can I say? Our sympathy goes to [Pistorius] and his family.”Two women from the group flew into the country from Sweden and Iceland for sentencing proceedings.The group hopes Pistorius will receive a lenient sentence‚ Hassett said.Sentencing proceedings are set down for a week. Pistorius may argue for a lighter sentence than the prescribed minimum of 15 years for murder.Pistorius‚ 29‚ shot Steenkamp‚ 29‚ through a locked toilet door at his Pretoria home on February 14‚ 2013. He said that he had fired the four shots believing that an intruder was hiding behind the door and his life and Steenkamp's were in danger.The Constitutional Court in March dismissed Pistorius' application for leave to appeal to that court against the SCA ruling.Pistorius was released from prison in October last year after serving about a year of the five-year jail term imposed on him before being released under correctional supervision. TMG Digital..