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The 38-year-old is in a relationship with Rita Greyling, a 33-year-old business management consultant who bears an uncanny resemblance to Reeva Steenkamp.
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Convicted killer Oscar Pistorius is carrying out janitorial work at a local church, following his release on parole in January.
While Oscar Pistorius has spent his first night at home after nearly eight years behind bars, the mother of his murdered girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, said they were the ones who were serving ‘a life sentence’.
June Steenkamp expressed her desire to live the rest of her life in peace following the announcement that her daughter’s killer was released on parole.
Pistorius was released from Pretoria's Atteridgeville Correctional Centre after serving eight years for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
OSCAR Pistorius has been released on parole and is now at the Waterkloof home of his uncle Arnold Pistorius.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius who was found guilty of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013 has been released on parole.
Parole for Reeva Steenkamp’s killer begins amid family’s doubts
Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of murder after shooting his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will be released on parole on Friday, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed.
The life of Paralympian hero Oscar Pistorius changed dramatically after he fired four shots through the toilet door in his Silver Oaks, Pretoria East mansion, killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
OPINION: Regarding Oscar Pistorius’s parole, “… as a young man with his whole life ahead of him”. Pistorius is 37 years old and has to serve 5 years under parole supervision. He will then be 42 – no longer a “young man”, but middle-aged.
The parole board sat until lunchtime yesterday hearing submissions from Pistorius, correctional officers and a social worker, regarding his rehabilitation while in prison, as well as from the mother of murdered Reeva Steenkamp, June Steenkamp.
Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympian known worldwide as the ‘Blade Runner,’ was granted parole a decade after he shot dead his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a crime that gripped the world.
The parole board sat until lunchtime on Friday, hearing submissions from both Pistorius, correctional officers regarding his rehabilitation while in prison, as well as the mother of the late Reeva Steenkamp, June Steenkamp.
The jailed paralympian’s bid for parole was granted during his appeal at a correctional centre outside Pretoria on Friday.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has not shown true remorse for killing Reeva Steenkamp, her mother June said in a statement to the board assessing whether he is fit for social reintegration.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is to appear before a parole board on Friday, seeking an early release from prison a decade after killing Reeva Steenkamp.
If Oscar Pistorius is granted parole, his legal team hopes he will be released immediately. Pistorius is set to appear in court on Friday where the parole board will consider his parole.
“I humbly submit that I have done everything in my power to rehabilitate, to conduct myself in such a manner as to constantly comply with the prison rules and to show full remorse. ”
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The DCS was responding to reports that the Constitutional Court confirmed that Pistorius was eligible for parole review in March.
The Department of Correctional Services is expected to announce its decision regarding Oscar Pistorius's bail application.