Runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from a South African prison on Friday, more than a decade after fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2013. A parole board ruled in November that Pistorius, 37, is fit to be reintroduced to society and scheduled his release for January 5. In a statement issued to RTE, the Department of …
Oscar Pistorius became famous for not allowing a handicap to stand in his way of track and field success. After becoming a Paralympic Champion, he fought his way through the courts to be allowed to compete in non-disabled competitions. In 2012, he competed in the Summer Olympics in London and became one of the most …
South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole more than a decade after he gunned down his girlfriend through a locked bathroom door. Pistorius, 37, was denied bond in March by a judge who said he had not served the minimum sentence, as CrimeOnline reported. In 2014, Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide and …
On Friday, a South African court denied parole for runner Oscar Pistorius, who has served nearly seven years for fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2013. The Department of Correctional Services said in a statement issued to the Pretoria East Rekord that Pistorius’ application for release was denied because he had not served the minimum sentence. …
On November 3, a South African court will hear the State’s application to appeal Oscar Pistorius’ six-year jail sentence for murder. The Pretoria East Rekord reports that the appeal will be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) in Bloemfontein. Pistorius, 30, was originally convicted of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years behind bars for …
By GERALD IMRAY, Associated Press SOMERSET WEST, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was taken from prison to a public hospital on Thursday with chest pains and will stay overnight for observation. “He’s fine now,” Pistorius spokesman Johan van Wyk told The Associated Press. Van Wyk said South African media reports that the former track star …
