Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius to be freed in January after parole approved

Oscar Pistorius is to be freed in January after his parole was approved (Themba Hadebe/AP/PA)

Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole 10 years after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world.

Department of Corrections spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said Pistorius would be released from prison on January 5.