JOHANNESBURG, March 31 — Oscar Pistorius, the former South Africa Paralympic champion jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board today...
JOHANNESBURG, March 31 — Oscar Pistorius, the former South Africa Paralympic champion jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board today to release him early from prison, lawyers and prison officials said.
The athlete, known as “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, went from public hero to convicted murderer in a trial that drew worldwide interest. Arriving at Atteridgeville prison near the capital Pretoria this morning, Reeva’s mother June Steenkamp said she was feeling nervous.A prison spokesperson confirmed the closed-door parole board meeting was under way.
He was jailed in 2016, initially for a six-year term, but had this sentence increased to 13 years after an appeal by prosecutors who argued the initial sentence was too lenient.He met Steenkamp’s father Barry last year when participating in a process known as victim-offender dialogue — part of South Africa’s restorative justice programme that brings parties affected by a crime together in a bid to achieve closure.
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