Paralympic athlete Pistorius was denied early release

A court in South Africa has denied former athlete Oscar Pistorius early release on bail. Since 2016, he has been in prison for the unintentional murder of his girlfriend. The Department of Correctional Services stated that Pistorius has not yet served the minimum term after which he can apply for bail. The parents of the victim also insisted on releasing the forbidden ego.

Oscar Pistorius was a star of Paralympic and Olympic sports in the early 2010s. He was born without fibula bones, his legs were amputated in infancy. The boy took his first steps on prostheses and mastered them like his own legs. Pistorius was engaged in running since childhood and in his youth began to win at Paralympic competitions.

He became the first disabled athlete who won the right to compete on an equal footing with able-bodied athletes. He played for the South African national team at the European Championships in Lignano (Italy), the World Championships in Daegu, Korea, and the 2012 Olympics in London. He was a two-time silver medalist of the 2012 African Championship among healthy athletes.

In February 2013, his girlfriend Riva Steenkamp was killed in Pistorius’s house. The athlete claimed that he woke up from the noise and decided that a burglar had broken into the house. He fired his own weapon through the door, but Steenkamp was behind the door. In 2014, the court sentenced Pistorius to five years in prison for manslaughter. Later, the term was increased to six, and then to 13 years of imprisonment.

A representative of the prison in which Pistorius is being held said that the athlete will be able to apply for early release in August 2024 at the earliest.