This error, which was picked up by Pistorius’ lawyer who wrote to the SCA, means that rather than being eligible for parole in late 2024, Pistorius will now be eligible in March 2023. (As legal journalist Karyn Maughan has pointed out, being eligible for parole does not necessarily mean it will be granted. Pistorius was sentenced for murder in 2015. Oscar Pistorius is a South African sprinter, nicknamed the 'Blade Runner,' who endured the amputation of both legs as an infant but still became highly active in sports. Pistorius was initially found guilty of culpable homicide in 2016, but was later convicted for murder in 2017 when the State appealed to the Supreme Court of Appeal.Īt the time the SCA mistakenly failed to take into account the more than 500 days that Pistorius had already served in prison. Oscar Pistorius has written to June and Barry Steenkamp, the parents of his girlfriend Reeva, who he shot to death at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, an unexpected move which was quite. Oscar Pistorius, who has served half of his sentence at the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, west of Pretoria for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, is now eligible for parole, but it has emerged that the proper parole procedures were allegedly not followed by authorities at the start.

Pistorius claimed he believed she was an intruder hiding in the toilet. It is just a week before the anniversary of Reeva’s murder in the early hours of Valentine’s Day 14 February 2013, when she was shot dead by the athlete, who was her boyfriend, while in the toilet at his home. The news has naturally upset murder victim Reeva Steenkamp’s family, who described the timing of the decision by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to amend the Paralympian’s prison term as “profoundly unfortunate”. Oscar Pistorius will be eligible for parole over a year earlier than expected because of an oversight that was made when judgment was delivered. AFP in Johannesburg Mon 12.34 EST South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius could be considered for parole, after serving half his sentence for murdering his girlfriend.

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