Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole
Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is to be freed from jail on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The parole board has set his release date for January 5, 2024
Pistorious shot Steenkamp multiple times through a bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013, later claiming he mistook her for a burglar.
Pistorius who is now 37 years old was sentenced by a South African court in 2016 to serve 13 years in prison.
He was initially not found guilty of murder and was instead convicted of culpable homicide………… the equivalent of a manslaughter charge in the UK.
He was sentenced to five years in 2014 and was eventually released from prison and placed under house arrest.
A year later, that conviction was overturned when South Africa’s supreme court of appeal found him guilty of murder.
He was sentenced to six years – which was then increased to 13 years and five months after the sentence was deemed “shockingly too lenient” in an appeal.
The parole board considered his case again today after denying him parole in march.
Steenkamp’s mother, who chose not to attend today’s parole hearing did not oppose bail.
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