The family of Ron Goldman who was murdered with Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994, said today they hoped they had driven OJ Simpson to the crime that has put him in jail.

After Simpson was sentenced to 15 years in jail, Fred Goldman Ron’s father said: “It’s a good day for the family.”

He said he hoped the family’s relentless campaigning against Simpson contributed to the rash act that has cost him his liberty.

“If that pushed him over the edge then great,” Mr Goldman said. “This monster is where he belongs - behind bars.”

Simpson’s conviction of kidnapping and robbery in October came exactly 13 years after he was acquitted of the brutal double murder of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ron Goldman in the most watched criminal trial in a generation.

In a subsequent civil trial, a jury found Simpson liable for the murder of Mr Goldman and committing battery against his former wife.

Last year, the former running-back tried to bring out a "hypothetical" crime memoir describing the killing, entitled If I did it.

Kim Goldman said outside court today: “The back of his head looked the same as it during every day of the criminal case. He was acting in an arrogant fashion the same way he did on the night he killed Nicole and Ron.”

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