Izuchukwu Okosi
South Africa’s Constitutional Court on Monday ruled that disgraced physically-challenged athlete, Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 is technically eligible for a parole having served more than half his sentence.
Steenkamp was a Dutch-born model.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThe court found that the former athlete, also known as the “Blade Runner”, passed the halfway mark on 21 March this year.
Pistorius was sentenced to six years in 2016, but that sentence was increased to 13 years and five months in 2017.
A parole hearing was arranged for last March, but it collapsed after the correctional services department (DCS) said he hadn’t served half his sentence as required for parole.
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On Monday however, the Constitutional Court overturned that decision.
The confusion stems from the fact that Pistorius’s time in prison has been broken up by appeals and by a period of house arrest.
The DCS assured in a statement that it would study the court’s ruling.
