Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole Friday, 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world. Department of Corrections spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said Pistorius would be released from prison on Jan. 5. His parole will come with conditions, including … Read more
Oscar Pistorius is appearing before a parole board at a correctional centre outside Pretoria (File) Pretoria, South Africa: South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius on Friday sought an early release from prison, a decade after killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, despite her mother telling his parole hearing that he had “not been rehabilitated”. Steenkamp’s mother … Read more
Johannesburg – South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius could be granted early release from prison on Friday, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world. Pistorius, 37, is to appear before a parole board at a correctional center outside Pretoria, where he is currently detained. After a hearing, the … Read more