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FILE: Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on 5 March 2014. Picture: Pool

Reeva steenkamp

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius moved to new prison for parole process

By AFP

The athlete has served more than half of a 13-year jail term, the minimum required to qualify for parole, for murdering model Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

  • FILE: Reeva Steenkamp's mother June leaves the Pretoria High Court on 3 March 2014. Picture: EWN.

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    194 days ago
  • FILE: Reeva Steenkamp's mother, June Steenkamp, leaves High Court in Pretoria. Picture: Aletta Gardner/Eyewitness News

    DCS looks to prepare Reeva Steenkamp's family for Oscar Pistorius parole talks

    Oscar Pistorius has served half of his sentence in the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, west of Pretoria for the murder of his girlfriend on Valentine's Day in 2013.

    195 days ago
  • Oscar Pistorius arriving at the High Court in Pretoria on the fourth day of his murder trial, 6 March 2014. Picture: Christa Van der Walt/EWN.

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  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius in his murder trial at the High Court in Pretoria, on July 6, 2016. Picture: AFP

    NPA welcomes ConCourt decision to dismiss Pistorius sentence appeal

    Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013.

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  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on 5 March 2014. Picture: Pool

    Pistorius argues SCA ignored material findings of his trial

    Oscar Pistorius has argued that the Supreme Court of Appeal has breached his right to not be arbitrarily deprived of his freedom.

    1614 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius and his lawyer Barry Roux at the High Court in Pretoria on 5 March 2014. Picture: Pool.

    Defence argues Pistorius’s constitutional right to fair trial undermined

    The convicted murderer has approached the Constitutional Court to challenge the 13-year prison term.

    1614 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius during the first day of his murder trial in the Pretoria High Court on 3 March 2014. Picture: Pool.

    Oscar Pistorius sustains 'minor injuries’ in prison fight

    Officials say the fight between Pistorius and a fellow inmate occurred over the use of a public phone in the special care unit.

    1622 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius leaves Pretoria High Court under heavy security after the second day of his murder trial on 4 March 2014. Picture: EWN.

    Oscar Pistorius won’t be eligible for parole anytime soon

    The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Friday extended the blade runner's jail term.

    1639 days ago
  • FILE: Reeva Steenkamp's mother June leaves the Pretoria High Court on 3 March 2014. Picture: EWN.

    Steenkamp family: Justice has been served

    The SCA on Friday lengthened Oscar Pistorius's jail sentence from six years to 13 and a half years. Pistorius shot Reeva Steenkamp in his home on in 2013.

    1639 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius in his murder trial at the High Court in Pretoria on 6 July 2016. Picture: AFP

    #OscarPistorius: Judge Masipa was ‘shockingly’ lenient

    It today overturned a six-year sentence handed down by the High Court in Pretoria and replaced it with a sentence of thirteen years and five months.

    1639 days ago
  • This file photo shows Oscar Pistorius in court on 4 June in connection with the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Picture: Christa van der Walt/EWN.

    SCA: Oscar Pistorius not genuinely remorseful

    The court on Friday morning overturned a six-year sentence handed down by the High Court in Pretoria and replaced it with a sentence of 13 years and five months.

    1640 days ago
  • FILE: Reeva Steenkamp's parents, June and Barry leave the North Gauteng High Court after the first day of sentencing arguments in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN

    'There is justice,' Steenkamps say after Pistorius sentence doubled

    The NPA went to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to appeal the sentence handed down by the High Court in Pretoria.

    1640 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on 5 March 2014. Picture: Pool

    Court lengthens Pistorius's sentence to 13 years

    Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day in 2013.

    1640 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius at his murder trail at the High Court in Pretoria, on July 6, 2016. Picture: AFP

    Judgment expected in State's appeal of Oscar Pistorius sentence

    The NPA argued that the sentence was shockingly lenient for the crime of murder and asked that the prescribed minimum term of 15 years be imposed.

    1640 days ago
  • Andreas Damm plays Oscar Pistorius in the movie 'Oscar Pistorius: Blade Runner Killer'. Picture: YouTube screengrab.

    Oscar Pistorius movie airs this weekend

    Made by an American crew, the film stars a South African actor, who lives in the US as the disgraced paralympian.

    1647 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius hides his face during his court appearance on 5 March 2014. Picture: Pool.

    NPA ‘optimistic’ SCA will impose harsher sentence on Pistorius

    The State approached the court on Friday saying the six-year term imposed on the former athlete was too lenient.

    1660 days ago
  • FILE: Oscar Pistorius in the High Court in Pretoria on 5 March 2014. Picture: Pool

    ‘Oscar Pistorius must explain why he fired 4 shots & not 1’

    The State has argued that to demonstrate remorse, Oscar Pistorius should have provided an explanation for his actions.

    1661 days ago
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