Oscar Pistorius Launched from Jail After Serving 9 Years For Homicide

Oscar Pistorius simply caught a break, getting paroled from a South African lockup after serving greater than half of his 13-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend.

The previous Olympian — who competed together with his decrease legs amputated — returned house Friday after being whisked out of Atteridgeville Jail within the South African capital of Pretoria, based on a press release by the nation’s Division of Correctional Companies.

Following his 9 years of incarceration, Pistorius will now be on parole for five years, staying most definitely at his uncle’s tony mansion with armed safety and guard canine. The situations of his parole weren’t disclosed, besides he isn’t allowed to talk with the media.

As it’s possible you’ll recall, Pistorius fatally shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria house on February 14, 2013, pumping 4 bullets into her by means of a locked lavatory door.

Pistorius claimed self-defense, believing she was a burglar who broke into his home.

Prosecutors did not purchase it, accusing Pistorius of killing Steenkamp in anger throughout a Valentine’s Day struggle and charging him with homicide and a firearms offense.

At his 2014 trial, a decide convicted Pistorius of the lesser cost of manslaughter, sentencing him to five years in jail.

However, prosecutors gained their enchantment to a better court docket, which tossed Pistorius’ authentic conviction, upgrading the cost to homicide with a six-year jail time period.

Even that was not sufficient for prosecutors, who appealed once more, arguing the sentence was too lenient. South Africa’s Court docket of Enchantment agreed, handing Pistorius a 13-year sentence.

In March 2023, Pistorius grew to become eligible for parole underneath a South African regulation that affords prisoners the chance to serve half their sentences if they’ve proven good conduct and fulfilled different necessities behind bars.