At a hearing in Pretoria on Friday, a parole board will decide if the Blade Runner would be let out early - almost a decade after serving his 13-year sentence.
JOHANNESBURG - South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius might be released from prison this week, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world.
Pistorius, who is now 36, shot dead Reeva Steenkamp, a model, in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013, when he fired four times through the bathroom door of his ultra-secure Pretoria house. Offenders in South Africa are automatically eligible for parole consideration after serving half of their sentence.As part of his rehabilitation, Pistorius met Steenkamp's parents June and Barry in 2022, in a process authorities said aims to ensure inmates "acknowledge the harm they have caused to their victims and the society at large".
The board, normally made up of correctional services and community members, will consider whether an inmate has been rehabilitated or still poses a danger to society, said Kelly Phelps, a law professor at the University of Cape Town . Day parole, where the inmate returns to prison at night, and community service are also on the cards, said Nxumalo of the correctional services.
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