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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Oliver Browning

Watch from outside South Africa prison holding Oscar Pistorius parole hearing

AP

Watch a view from outside the prison holding a parole hearing for Oscar Pistorius.

The former Olympic runner is expected to attend the hearing on Friday 31 march that will decide if he can be released 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times through a toilet door in his home.

Pistorius could leave the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre in Pretoria on the same day if his parole is granted, although the Department of Corrections said the process may take days to finalise if his application is successful.

Barry and June Steenkamp, the parents of Reeva, have said they oppose Pistorius’ release and are allowed to address the parole board at his hearing.

“He is a murderer. He should remain in jail,” Mr Steenkamp said in an interview with the Daily Mail, published last month on the 10th anniversary of his daughter’s killing.

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