Oscar Pistorius to go free next week

Oscar Pistorius will be released from jail next week after serving 10 months of his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Oscar Pistorius to go free next week

While the former athlete did not apply for early release himself, the parole board at Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria South Africa, where he is being held, has recommended he be released into the community.

After a trial which gripped the world’s attention and found him guilty of culpable homicide, Pistorius’s time in prison has itself not been without controversy.

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