South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
- Double-amputee South African Olympian athlete Oscar Pistorius ‘now at home’ following release from jail
- He shot Reeva Steenkamp in the bathroom of his Pretoria home in 2013, saying he mistook her for intruder
South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women.
Pistorius – dubbed “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs – shot 29-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp dead through a locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
He has repeatedly said he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four shots into the bathroom at his Pretoria home, and he launched multiple appeals against his conviction on that basis.
“The Department of Correctional Services (is) able to confirm that Oscar Pistorius is a parolee, effectively from 5 January 2024. He was admitted into the system of Community Corrections and is now at home,” the country’s prisons department said in a statement.
