Oscar Pistorius

  • Oscar Pistorius gains freedom 11 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

    Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend in a case that made global headlines. The former Paralympic champion – once celebrated as the ‘blade runner’ – was granted parole in November and today left a South African jail and is now at home, South Africa’s correctional services department said. Pistorius shot…

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  • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Oscar Pistorius was treated for minor wrist injuries at a hospital and has been returned to a South African jail where the Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, prison officials said Sunday. Image: Oscar Pistorius The report of injuries to Pistorius, who denied he had attempted suicide, came…

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  • South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his home three years ago. Image: Oscar Pistorius in court. High Court judge Thokozile Masipa listed several mitigating factors for sentencing him to less than half the minimum 15-year term for murder, including the…

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