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re: Oscar Pistorius is FREED -Smuggled Out of Prison in Middle of Night
Oscar Pistorius to be Released From Jail in January
Olympic Runner Pistorius to Be Freed on 5 January After Parole Approved
BBC 24 NOV 2023
South Africa’s former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been granted parole.
Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole and will be released from prison in January, almost 11 years after he murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The South African former Paralympic star was serving a 13-year jail sentence for shooting girlfriend Ms Steenkamp multiple times through the bathroom door in their Pretoria home on Valentine's Day 2013.
Known as the "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, Pistorius went from a public hero as a Paralympic champion to a convicted killer in hearings that caught the world's attention a decade ago.
He was ultimately convicted of murder and sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison.
Pistorius, 37, has now been granted parole effectively from January 5, the Department of Correctional Services said on Friday.
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