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Re: Oscar Pistorius is FREED -Smuggled Out of Prison in Middle of Night
Oscar Pistorius Smuggled Out of Prison in Middle of Night
The former Olympian Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of the manslaughter of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentines' Day 2013 - today he was released from prison
MailOnline 5 JAN 2024
Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole more than a decade after he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
In November, the former Olympian was granted a second chance at parole at a hearing in Johannesburg after being wrongly ruled ineligible for early release in March. The double amputee is now home after being released from a South African prison.
He was found guilty of the culpable homicide of his model girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013. Pistorius, now 37, claimed he thought Ms Steenkamp was an intruder hiding in his bathroom when he shot her four times through the door with his licensed 9mm pistol. Prosecutors said he killed his girlfriend intentionally during a late-night argument.
The double-amputee has served eight-and-a-half years in prison and has now left the cell adapted for his needs at the low-security Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria.
He will be housed at his uncle Arnold's £2million 12-bed, three-storey mansion in Pretoria’s exclusive Waterkloof suburb. The property and tourism tycoon has armed guards with attack dogs and has installed razor wire fences around the converted Dutch Reformed church.
Pistorius - nicknamed Blade Runner - will live in a five-star cottage on the grounds, which has panic alarms, a gatehouse and armed security. He is reported to have told friends he is looking forward to eating lasagne and watching favourite films Snatch and Full Metal Jacket
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