Afrigather Cape City — Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, 37, has been granted parole by the Division of Corrections after serving 10 years in jail for fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on February 14, 2013. He was sentenced to serve 13 years and 5 months after being convicted of homicide.
Division of Corrections spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo mentioned Pistorius could be launched on January 5, 2024 beneath a number of circumstances which embrace him not with the ability to go away the Pretoria space with out permission, and necessary attendance of anger administration lessons and neighborhood service. The parole interval will final a complete of 5 years. “Parole doesn’t imply the top of the sentence. It’s nonetheless a part of the sentence. It solely means the inmate will full the sentence exterior a correctional facility,” Nxumalo mentioned.
In his trial, Pistorius – who has been imprisoned since late 2014 – claimed he mistook Steenkamp for a burglar earlier than firing a number of pictures by way of a toilet door, killing her. He was charged beneath the “dolus eventualis” authorized precept, which implies he acted with excessive recklessness realizing that whoever was behind the door would doubtless be killed.
