Oscar Pistorius might quickly be out of jail if a parole listening to goes his method. A decade on from the Valentine’s Day when he shot his girlfriend useless, Sky News appears to be like at his previous, his crime, and the trial that gripped the world.

The trial of “Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius gripped the world in 2014 when he was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. 

Now he is facing a parole hearing to determine if he’ll get out of jail after serving half of his 13-year sentence, as soon as once more inserting him within the highlight.

Who is Oscar Pistorius?

Oscar Pistorius is a former Olympic and Paralympic athlete and a convicted assassin.

He was born in South Africa in 1986. At 11-months-old each his legs have been amputated beneath the knee due to a congenital defect.

He ran on prosthetic blades – therefore the nickname Blade Runner.

Until 2013, he was principally identified for his sporting prowess, successful gold on the Paralympics and making historical past as the primary double amputee to compete within the Olympics.

Then on the morning of 14 February 2013, Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend at his residence in Pretoria, South Africa.

The homicide of Reeva Steenkamp

Ms Steenkamp, 29, was shot useless by Pistorius whereas she was in the bathroom.

Pistorius has all the time insisted the taking pictures was a mistake, saying he thought an intruder was in the home and he feared for his security.

He fired 4 photographs by a locked bathroom door, hitting Ms Steenkamp within the head, hip and arm.

Pistorius claimed in court docket it was solely when he battered down the door with a cricket bat that he realised who was behind it.

The prosecution argued the homicide was premeditated and Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp after an argument.

Part of their argument rested on saying Pistorius was sporting his prosthetic legs on the time of the taking pictures – they stated the time taken to place them on was proof of premeditation.

Pistorius testified he was on his stumps, a declare that was backed up by a ballistic skilled’s evaluation.

Changing costs and sentences

Pistorius was initially not discovered responsible of homicide and was as a substitute convicted of culpable murder (the equal of a manslaughter cost within the UK).

He was sentenced to 5 years in 2014, and was finally launched from jail and positioned underneath home arrest.

A 12 months later, that conviction was overturned when South Africa’s supreme court docket of enchantment discovered him responsible of homicide.

He was sentenced to 6 years – which was then increased to 13 years and five months after the sentence was deemed “shockingly too lenient” in an enchantment.

Parole listening to

Pistorius now faces a parole hearing that can determine if he might be free of jail.

In South Africa prisoners develop into eligible for parole after serving half their sentence – which Pistorius has now executed.

The parole board will decide whether or not Pistorius might be allowed to serve the rest of his sentence on licence at his uncle’s residence in Pretoria.

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Last 12 months he met with Ms Steenkamp’s father as a part of a course of referred to as victim-offender dialogue, which supplies crime victims the possibility to fulfill with offenders earlier than they develop into eligible for parole.

Speaking forward of the parole listening to, Ms Steenkamp’s mother said he was “not remorseful”.

A call on his parole is predicted to be introduced in days or even weeks, after the board has decided whether or not the “purpose of imprisonment has been served”, a spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services stated.