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No freedom for Oscar Pistorius

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ARCHIVE – Oscar Pistorius during his June 2016 trial. Photo: Alon Skuy/TIMES MEDIA POOL/AP/dpa

A new application for parole could be filed in August 2024, the correctional authority said in a statement on Friday.

The reason for the refusal was a bureaucratic error, said a spokesman for the authority, Singabakho Nxumalo. The 36-year-old has not yet served half of his sentence of 13 years and five months, which would have automatically entitle him to parole under South African law, as was initially thought. It was unclear beforehand how the error could have arisen.

Pistorius killed his then girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp with four shots through the toilet door of his villa in the capital Pretoria on the night of Valentine’s Day 2013. The case against Pistorius, who was amputated below both knees, dragged on for years and had several lawsuits. The former athlete was initially sentenced to five years in prison in 2014. This was increased to six years in 2016. After another retraction by the prosecutor, Pistorius was finally sentenced to 13 years and five months in late 2017.

(SDA)

Source: Blick

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