Oscar Pistorius released on parole after serving nine years of murder sentence

Oscar Pistorius has been released on parole. Pic: Themba Hadebe/AP

Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole more than a decade after he killed his girlfriend.

An announcement from South Africa’s Department of Corrections on Friday morning indicated corrections officials had released the double-amputee Olympic and Paralympic athlete from the Atteridgeville correctional centre in the capital Pretoria in the early hours.