South Africa's Department of Corrections said Thursday that Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Olympic runner who shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine's Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week.
Award-winning investigative reporter Mark Williams-Thomas will make the high-profile homicide case into an ITV documentary. Meanwhile photos of crime scene revealed another mystery surrounding the victim's death.
Oscar Pistorius will face a fresh sentencing hearing on Jun 13-17 2016 at the Pretoria Supreme Court. The former South African Paralympian is convicted of culpable homicide murder of Reeva Steenkamp, his girlfriend.
The family of the former South African sprint runner, Oscar Pistorius, denied the allegations that he used an air rifle and a cricket bat to attack his girlfriend before he fatally shot her. The claims were published on a book written by two amateur sleuths.
Double-amputee South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius will face a 15-year sentence. He was found guilty of murdering his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in 2013 during Valentine's Day.
That South African Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp when he fired four shots through a locked toilet in his home is beyond doubt.
Oscar Pistorius, South Africa's "Blade Runner", was released on parole on Monday, just short of a year into his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius needs to go to jail for the killing of his 29-year-old girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine's Day last year, a cousin of the slain model told a South African court on Thursday.
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius would be "broken as a person" if he were jailed for killing his girlfriend because of his disability and psychological problems, a defense witness at his sentencing hearing said on Tuesday.
On September 12, Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide for the shooting of her model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, after being cleared of murder charges. However, Steenkamp's camp was not happy with the decision. The Paralympian will be sentenced on October 13.
Eighteen months ago, when he granted Oscar Pistorius bail after the killing of his girlfriend, South African magistrate Desmond Nair noted a number of "improbabilities" in the Olympic and Paralympic star's account of the shooting.
The prosecution and the defense are scheduled to give their closing arguments to the Pretoria high court on August 7, according to Sports World News. After hearing the arguments, Judge Thokozile Masipa will then rule either in favor or against the defendant. If Pistorius is found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, the Paralympian would be sent to prison for life.
On the day of the anniversary where he was indicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, South African Paralympian gold medalist Oscar Pistorius expressed his remorse and pain to Steenkamp's family and friends on his website.
Oscar Pistorious, the South African Paralympic champion, faces two additional gun-related charges for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, the prosecution said on Tuesday. The trial is set for March 3, 2014 at the Pretoria High Court.
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, charged with murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp is working with forensics experts as he prepares for his murder trial which is due to start in March.
New photographs from inside the paralympian Oscar Pistorius were obtained by Sky News on Friday, including images of the bathroom, which contained blood from his lover and victim, Reeva Steenkamp,
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius who is charged with the murder his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in February, has just won an appeal over his bail restrictions. The could could potentially enable him to compete in the next World Athletics Championships, as well as events around the world, but reports the athletic commission may be dissuading those countries from allowing him to compete in them.
Oscar Pistorius' lawyers have filed an appeal in a South African court against bail restrictions imposed on the Para Olympian, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, according to papers released by the Pistorius family on Monday.
A South African court granted Oscar Pistorius bail on Friday, after his defense lawyers argued he was too famous to pose a flight risk. The court set bail was at 1 million rand, or $113,000.
Oscar Pistorius, the Paraolympian charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day, said in a court hearing on Tuesday that he thought someone had broken into his South Africa home. He claims he mistook Steenkamp for a robber.
Illegal steroids were reportedly found in the South African home where so-called "Bladerunner" Oscar Pistorius allegedly gunned down his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp last week. Pistorius willl now be tested for the banned drug, which may have played a factor in him committing the crime.
