Oscar Pistorius to leave jail after serving almost a year

Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic runner who shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine’s Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said.

A parole board at the prison where Pistorius has served nearly a year of his five-year sentence for manslaughter made the decision. It came after an initial ruling to release the double-amputee athlete in August was cancelled.

The board “approved the placement of offender Oscar Pistorius under correctional supervision as from 20 October 2015”, the corrections department said.