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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucy Leeson

Watch live: Oscar Pistorius to be seen for first time since prison release 11 years after Reeva Steenkamp murder

AP

Watch live as Oscar Pistorius to be seen for first time since prison release 11 years after Reeva Steenkamp murder on Friday (5 January).

The Paralympian gold medalist was freed from a South African prison today, 11 years after he killed his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The double amputee was convicted of murdering Steenkamp after he shot her multiple times through a locked toilet door with a 9mm pistol on Valentine’s Day at their Pretoria home in 2013.

The 37-year-old will now begin his new life on parole a few miles away from the South African capital behind the high walls of his wealthy uncle’s guarded property.

A gun enthusiast, Pistorius claimed he thought Ms Steenkamp was an intruder but was convicted of culpable homicide - a crime similar to manslaughter - in 2014.

He was found guilty of the more serious charge of murder in 2015 and he was later sentenced to 13 years in prison after prosecutors won an appeal on the grounds his initial sentence was too lenient.

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