Former Olympian Oscar Pistorius Set To Be Released On Parole
January 4, 2024 9:55AM AKST
Credit: MGN
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius is due to be released from prison on parole to live under strict conditions at a family home after serving nearly nine years of his murder sentence for the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013.
The double-amputee Olympic runner from South Africa was approved for parole in November.
He is set to leave the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria on Friday.
Pistorius was a multiple Paralympic champion and the first amputee athlete to compete at the Olympics when he shot Steenkamp multiple times through a closed toilet door at his home.
