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Pistorius release from prison delayed, lawyers claim

Oscar Pistorius' release from prison - where he is serving time for killing his girlfriend - has ...
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17.56 5 Oct 2015


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Pistorius release from prison delayed, lawyers claim

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Oscar Pistorius' release from prison - where he is serving time for killing his girlfriend - has been delayed, says his lawyer.

The Paralympic gold medallist was due to move to house arrest in August after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence but South Africa's parole review board has cancelled this earlier decision and asked officials to reconsider the case, said lawyer Brian Webber.

It comes after South Africa's justice minister blocked the release of the athlete saying procedure had not been followed and passed the case to the parole review board.

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The board has not confirmed the development.

It could mean Pistorius remains in prison until after November 3 when prosecutors still seeking a murder conviction against the double-amputee runner appeal to South Africa's Supreme Court.

Reeva Steenkamp, a model and reality TV star, died when Pistorius fired four shots though the bathroom door at his Pretoria home on St Valentine's Day 2013.

The 28 -year-old said at his trial he believed there was an intruder and that Ms Steenkamp was in the bedroom at the time.

The judge accepted his version of events and cleared him of murder, but he was found guilty of culpable homicide and jailed for five years.

He was given an additional three-year sentence, suspended for five years, for firing a gun in a restaurant.


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