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The trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges (The State vs Oscar Pistorius) [1] [2] in the High Court of South Africa in Pretoria opened on 3 March 2014.
Pistorius was arrested and charged with murder. [25] [37] Pistorius admitted that he shot Steenkamp, but said he believed he was shooting an intruder. [38] On 12 September 2014, he was found not guilty of murder, but guilty of culpable homicide in the case. [39] On 21 October 2014, he was sentenced to five years in jail, but only served 10 ...
Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee sprinter who competed on carbon-fiber blades at the 2012 London Olympics, was released on parole Friday having served nearly nine years in prison for murder.
Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole in January, prison authorities said Friday, nearly 11 years after the South African Paralympic sprinter killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius, who was convicted of murder in Steenkamp's Valentine's Day 2013 killing, could leave the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria on Friday if his parole is granted, although the ...
In the early morning of Thursday, 14 February 2013, Pistorius shot and killed Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria. [159] [160] [161] Pistorius admitted that he shot Steenkamp four times, causing her death, but claimed he mistook her for a possible intruder. [162] Pistorius's murder trial began on 3 March 2014 in the Pretoria High Court.
Oscar Pistorius has been granted his freedom by a parole board in South Africa after serving a decade behind bars for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.. After a highly-publicised ...
Former South Africa Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been denied parole, South Africa's prison authorities and a lawyer for the ...