Olympian Oscar Pistorius Granted Parole 10 Years After Killing Girlfriend

Former South African Best  Paralympic athlete track star Oscar Pistorius will be released from jail in January 2024 after being granted parole on Friday. Pistorius was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2013.

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Double-amputee Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius was granted parole on Friday after serving half of his 15-year sentence, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend through a toilet door at his home in South Africa in a killing that jolted the world.

South African athlete served half of his 15-year sentence for having killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

Pistorius will be released from prison on Jan. 5, according to a statement from South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services, after a decision issued by the parole board at Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria, where Pistorius has been incarcerated since 2016.