Former Paralympic and Olympic star was automatically eligible for parole consideration after serving half his sentence
The former South Africa athletehas been denied parole over the killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp 10 years ago.
The Department of Correctional Services said the parole board found Pistorius had not completed the minimum detention period required to be let out. “We were … advised at this point in time that it has been denied and it will be considered again in one year’s time,” Tania Koen, a lawyer for the victim’s family, told AFP.
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