Jailed athlete Oscar Pistorius early release put on hold by South African ministry of Justice

Oscar Pistorious was supposed to be released this Friday, August 21 but South Africa’s justice ministry has suspended his release, saying the decision to free the athlete after serving only 10 months of his five-year sentence “was taken prematurely” and with “no legal...
Jailed athlete Oscar Pistorius early release put on hold by South African ministry of Justice

Oscar Pistorius to be freed next week but will only leave house to attend Church

The devout Christian, whose faith is said to have deepened over recent months, must be accompanied on trips to attend mass

Oscar Pistorius to be freed next week  – Oscar Pistorius will only be able to leave his house to go to church when he is freed from jail next week. Oscar who is ...
Oscar Pistorius to be freed next week but will only leave house to attend Church

Oscar Pistorius to be released from jail - after serving just 10 months over sentence for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

The South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius who shot his girlfriend at his home on Valentine’s day February 14th 2013 will be released from Kgosi Mampuru prison in two months time, after serving 10 months in prison, it has been revealed. After he leaves prison around August, he will be under house arrest.

However, Oscar’s murder acquittal is set to be appealed. Prosecutors have until August 17th to appeal a judge’s decision and take Oscar back to court.

Any release will not signal the end of case for Pistorius, who faces an appeal hearing in November after prosecutors won their bid to challenge the culpable homicide conviction and seek a murder trial instead

Last month June Steenkamp (pictured with her husband Barry) told her local paper that her daughter’s killer should not be freed so early into his five-year sentence, adding: ‘I don’t think it’s a good idea to let him back in society so quickly’

Barry Steenkamp, father of Reeva, is consoled by his wife June during the sentencing hearing of Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius last October

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Oscar Pistorius to be released from jail - after serving just 10 months over sentence for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp