Paralympian Oscar Pistorius Out On Parole After Serving Half His Prison Sentence For 2013 Murder Of GF Reeva Steenkamp
05.01.2024 - 18:46
/ perezhilton.com
South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, who went to jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, has been released on parole.
After 11 years behind bars, the athlete was officially released back into the world as of Friday. South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services confirmed as much in a statement, noting:
If you don’t recall, Oscar killed his 29-year-old partner on February 14, 2013. After shooting through the bathroom door at their home in Pretoria four times, the bullets killed the model and law school graduate. The double-amputee, known as “Blade Runner” because of his prosthetic legs, pleaded not guilty. During his trial, he insisted that he thought there was an intruder in the home. But the prosecutors had a different theory — that the couple had argued, and he intentionally killed Reeva in a fit of anger. Ultimately, he was convicted of culpable homicide or manslaughter — NOT murder — in 2014 and was sentenced to five years in prison.
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Unfortunately for him, the 37-year-old fought back with an appeal the next year — but the Supreme Court of Appeal ended up overturning the original conviction and found him guilty of murder this time! This meant he was sentenced to 13 years and five months in jail in 2016.
While the release is good news for him, it’s a hard reality for Reeva’s family. That’s especially true of her mother June Steenkamp, who released a statement per the BBC, saying in part:
As for her own future, she expressed:
June also fought back against the release in November’s parole board hearing, writing in a letter that she didn’t think the professional sprinter’s “huge anger issues” had been thoroughly addressed behind