Charleston church killer Dylann Roof has been sentenced to the death penalty.

The 22-year-old, who murdered nine black church members in South Carolina in June 2015, had not asked jurors to spare his life.

Shortly before they retired to consider his sentence, he showed no remorse, telling them: "I still feel like I had to do it".

Roof's victims had invited him to join their bible study group at Emanuel AME Church, the South's oldest black church, before he opened fire.

He killed nine people, including Rev Clementa Pinckney, 41, and Rev Daniel Simmons, 74.

The other victims were Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45; Depayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Cynthia Hurd, 54; Myra Thompson, 59; Ethel Lance, 70; Susie Jackson, 87; and Tywanza Sanders, 26.

Three more people were wounded in the attack but survived.

Roof represented himself at the hearing and did not call any witnesses on his behalf.

He told the court there was nothing wrong with him psychologically.

In extracts recovered from his diary after his arrest Roof wrote: "I would like to make it crystal clear. I do not regret what I did. I am not sorry. I have not shed a tear for the innocent people I killed."

The death penalty in South Carolina is lethal injection.