The first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Games in 2012, he killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013
Oscar Pistorius is a former professional sprinter and a convicted murderer.
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Oscar Pistorius granted parole and will be released from prison in January
South African former Paralympic star jailed for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to be freed on 5 January
South Africa’s parole board has granted early release to Oscar Pistorius, the former athlete jailed for the 2013 murder of Reeva Steenkamp, who was his girlfriend.
Pistorius shot Steenkamp, a law graduate and model, through a bathroom door in their shared home in Pretoria on Valentine’s Day 10 years ago. He claimed he thought there was an intruder in the bathroom when he opened fire.
Continue reading...Oscar Pistorius denied parole over killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
Former Paralympic and Olympic star was automatically eligible for parole consideration after serving half his sentence
The South African former athlete Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole over the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp 10 years ago.
Pistorius killed Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, when he fired four times through the bathroom door of his high-security house in February 2013. The parole board’s decision was taken at a hearing at the correctional facility on the outskirts of the capital, Pretoria, where the 36-year-old is being held.
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Parole board in South Africa to decide if Paralympian who murdered his girlfriend can leave jail
Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympian convicted of murder, could leave prison within weeks if a parole board decides on Friday to release him halfway through a 13-year sentence for killing his girlfriend.
The parole hearing will take place in a prison in the administrative capital of Pretoria and the decision is likely to be the final chapter in a harrowing story that attracted worldwide attention.
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