11 years after the murder of Reeva Steenkamp: Oscar Pistorius released on parole | DW News

11 years after the murder of Reeva Steenkamp: Oscar Pistorius released on parole | DW News

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison on parole the former Olympic runner has served nine years of a 133-year sentence for the murder of his girlfriend the popular model Rivas Steen Camp authorities say that he left prison in Petoria today and is now at home The Killing and the

Subsequent trial Drew worldwide attention prior to the incident Pistorius had been a national hero as a par Olympic champion and the first w amput to compete in the Olympics DW’s Diane Hawker is following this story from Johannesburg so this must be a very emotional day especially

For the family of the victim rastin Camp how have they been responding to the release definitely an extremely emotional day particularly for Rivas sanam’s mother who is her surviving parent her father barisan come uh passed away in September last year and Jun Stan come put out a statement uh this morning

Saying that you know today is a reminder of everything that happened and serves as a reminder of her daughter’s passing she also pointed out that it’s been very difficult for her to grieve uh because of the public attention that has been given to this matter although she’s also

Um you know thanked the uh various people close family members friends and ordinary South Africans and people around the world who have shown the Family Support um at the time of the of the of the uh murder there was an outpouring of support um for the Sten comp family and that continued

Throughout this process of of parole um up until today take us back to that time back to 2013 and remind us of what happened well at the time Oscar Pistorius was I would say at the peak of his career particularly because he had fought for um the right to participate

As a a a disabled athlete within the able-bodied Olympic um um um games and he actually was able to to participate in those games so he had gained International um you know uh Renown for that um at the time you know when the news came of the shooting everyone was

Quite quite shocked and as the details then emerged that the person that was shot in his in his Petoria home was his girlfriend um she was shot four times at the time she was behind uh the bathroom door a sealed bathroom door there was a lot of speculation as to what had

Actually transpired the prosecution in the case uh spent a lot of time looking at at at Pro um Oscar boris’s character and also suggesting that he had a lot of anger issues which is what led to the shooting he denied this saying that he never intended to kill ranam the um that

He was trying to shoot someone who he believed to be an intruder within his home the court ultimately decided that that it was murder and he was sentenced to murder why was he released early well he had spent um enough of his time in terms of South African law to

Apply for parole um he would have had to spend at least half of his of his sentence um but that parole would not be automatic he would also have to um show that there was a level of Rehabilitation that has taken place um during the parole proceeding the the person who’s

Incarcerated um has to State their case as to why they believe they deserve parole um what they would have done while um incarcerated whether that is uh going through prison programs or even acting as a as a model uh uh a prisoner and then after that the family and all

Those affected by the crime so that would be renan’s family and even other people like friends were able to give their input and after that entire process took place he was then granted parole tww correspondent Diane Hawker thank you okay

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was released on parole on Friday, nearly 11 years after murdering his then-girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in an incident the former Paralympic star claimed was an act of self-defense. The athlete killed Steenkamp, a 29-year-old law graduate and model, by firing four shots through the bathroom door at his Pretoria home in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013.
Pistorius, now 37, has repeatedly said he believed that he was shooting at an intruder while his girlfriend was lying asleep in his bed. Prosecutors argued he killed her intentionally during a late-night argument. The sprint star, who has been a double-amputee since infancy and dubbed “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fiber prosthetic legs, was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison following a trial that gripped not only South Africa, but also the watching world.

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