Oscar Pistorius is a free man – over a decade since he cease his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp lifeless at his dwelling in South Africa.
The South African Department of Correctional Services introduced on Friday January 5 that “he was admitted into the system of Community Corrections and is now at home.”
The ‘Blade Runner’ was on the top of his fame when he killed Steenkamp months after the 2012 London Olympics. At his homicide trial, he claimed he shot the 29-year-old mannequin by mistake together with his licensed pistol as a result of he thought she was a harmful intruder hiding in his rest room on Valentine’s Day 2013.
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He was initially convicted of culpable murder, an offence just like manslaughter. His conviction was subsequently upgraded to homicide and he was sentenced to 13 years and 5 months in jail after a collection of appeals by prosecutors.
However, Pistorius was launched after profitable parole in late November. The former athlete, 37, has naturally attracted loads of consideration whereas inside, with studies of bodily altercations with fellow inmates.
Even earlier than he was locked up, there have been warnings that he could be crushed and gang raped until a bribe was paid, in accordance with a household spokesperson.
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He sustained an harm in a fracas with one other inmate over a jail phone in 2017. A yr earlier, he obtained therapy for accidents to his wrists, which his household denied had been a results of self-harm and stated had been attributable to him falling in his cell.
Pistorius was additionally stated to have adopted a radical new look. His former college headteacher, Bill Schroder, has visited the South African often in jail. He informed The Sun in 2020 that Pistorius has grown a bushy beard whereas his weight had ballooned.
“What he really, really wants is forgiveness,” stated Mr Schroder. “I stated to him that if he had killed my daughter I doubt I might forgive him.
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“He is more concerned about forgiveness than actually getting out on parole. In fact, he has a real fear about getting parole as he knows there’ll be a backlash.”
Pistorius has reportedly given up on all train and even taken up smoking, fully altering his complexion and making him unrecognisable from when he first went to jail.
Another of his jail guests over time has included Steenkamp’s father, Barry, as a part of the South Africa Victim-Offender Dialogue programme. However, it wasn’t a profitable assembly.
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He informed ITV earlier this yr: “I’m positive that he did have regret after capturing Reeva… I requested him sure questions, all June [Reeva’s mother] and I needed to know is the reality – and we predict that’s that he killed her out of anger.
“I cut our chat short, because I didn’t get the answers I wanted. It was very traumatising for me and June who wasn’t there. We feel it’s not true, the version that he gave.”