Famous South African paralympian, Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in two months time.
Famous South African paralympian, Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison in two months time. After serving 10 months in prison, the sprinter who shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp at his home on Valentine's day February 14, 2013 will leave the Kgosi Mampuru prison and begin his probation.
South African prison authorities say Pistorius will be released on probation on August 21, 2015 where he will afterwards be under house arrest.
The Paralympic star was jailed for five years in 2014 for the culpable homicide of Ms Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door at his Pretoria home, believing she was an intruder, he told his trial.
Pistorius who was born without the fibulas in both of his legs, and had surgery to amputate both below the knee while still a baby. He went on to become one of South Africa's best-known sports stars, and was the first amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes at the 2012 London Olympics.