Oscar Pistorius to be released from prison in January

The former athlete was jailed for the ‘culpable homicide’ of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in South Africa

Oscar Pistorius will be paroled in January. Photo: AP

Ben Farmer
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South Africa’s disgraced Olympian Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole and will be released from jail on January 5.

The amputee ‘blade runner’, who won six Paralympic gold medals and reached the semi-finals of the 200m sprint at the 2012 London Olympics, was told he could walk free after serving nine years for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013.