‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius may even see early launch after upcoming parole assembly: report

Disgraced Paralympian Oscar Pistorius is as soon as once more up for parole and will see an early launch “inside weeks” after serving half of his 13-year sentence. 

“We had been notified by the division of correctional companies concerning the parole listening to,” Tania Koen, an lawyer representing Reeva Steenkamp’s dad and mom, instructed Sowetan Live. “We additionally notice Pistorius, like every offender, is entitled to parole after serving a sure portion of his sentence.”

“That is all we will say on the matter,” Koen mentioned, added that “the legislation should take its course.” 

LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 08:  Oscar Pistorius of South Africa celebrates as he wins gold within the Men’s 400m T44 Final on day 10 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium on September 8, 2012 in London, England.  (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

Pistorius, a double amputee dubbed “Blade Runner” and multiple-gold medal-winning athlete, was convicted in 2015 of murdering Steenkamp, his then-girlfriend, on Valentine’s Day 2013 and sentenced to 13 years and 5 months in jail. 

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He now faces a parole listening to March 31 to find out whether or not he ought to obtain an early launch. All prisoners in South Africa have an opportunity at parole after serving half their sentence, that means that Steenkamp’s dad and mom don’t have any skill to enchantment the choice. 

Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp at an awards ceremony in Johannesburg Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Lucky Nxumalo-Citypress)

Julian Knight, Pistorius’s lawyer, careworn that the enchantment is an “inner course of.” 

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A South Africa courtroom in Pretoria initially convicted him of culpable murder, however overturned that for a homicide conviction a yr later. The timing of Pistorius’s parole remained some extent of confusion because of the timing of his authentic and overturned convictions.

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius in courtroom Feb. 22, 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa, for his bail listening to charged with the capturing dying of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.  (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Pistorius initially pushed for that half-term milestone in 2021, arguing that he had “finished all the things in my energy to rehabilitate, to conduct myself in such a fashion as to continuously adjust to jail guidelines, to point out full regret.” 

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“I’ve accomplished all potential packages which had been introduced, and I’ve certainly certified when it comes to the Department of Correctional Services pointers for launch on parole,” he mentioned in an announcement. 

South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius competes within the males’s 400-meter semi-finals on the athletics occasion in the course of the London 2012 Olympic Games on August 5, 2012 in London.  (Johannes Eisele/AFP through Getty Images)

Pistorius spoke with Steenkamp’s father final yr as part of the parole course of in South Africa, however The New York Post reported that the gesture might be greater than a authorized formality as his longtime pal Bill Schroder claimed in 2020 that Pistorius was begging for forgiveness.

Schroder mentioned that Pistorius instructed him “I need to inform them I’m sorry.” 

Pistorius claimed that he shot Steenkamp as a result of he mistook her for an intruder, however prosecutors argued that he shot her deliberately since he shot her 4 instances. A prosecutor in 2014 additionally mentioned that Pistorius provided the household $34,000, which they turned down as a result of they didn’t need to settle for “blood cash.”