South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius who shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp will be released from prison on parole. He served more than half of his sentence and he will leave the Atteridgeville prison that is situated on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria.
Pistorius is known as ”Blade Runner” and will not be allowed to speak to the media. This is one of the conditions of his parole.
Pistorius killed his model girlfriend on Valentine’s Day in 2013 by firing four times through the bathroom door of his Pretoria house.
He is a double amputee who made history at the London Olympics in 2012. He was found guilty of the murder and was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2017. He pleaded not guilty and said that he mistook his girlfriend for a burglar.
