Oscar Pistorius

Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius wants a South African court to force prison officials to grant him a parole hearing for the 2013 murder of model Reeva ...

[CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) But the saga was far from over with prosecutors calling the verdict far too lenient and appealing. [according to the BBC](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-62738416). [televised trial in 2014](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/trials) that captivated viewers all over the world, a judge found him guilty of culpable homicide, a charge similar to manslaughter in the U.S., and sentenced him to five years in prison. [Pretoria home.](https://www.foxnews.com/category/world/south-africa) [according to News24](https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/exclusive-pistorius-heads-to-court-to-force-parole-hearing-authorities-now-claim-hes-not-eligible-20220831-2).

The famous athlete was found guilty of murder of his girlfriend and started serving his 13-year sentence in 2014.

He said he thought a burglar was hiding in his en-suite bathroom when he fired four times through the door. He had been sentenced to [rejected his attempt](/sports/2016/3/3/south-african-athlete-pistorius-denied-bid-to-appeal) to appeal the sentence.

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius dey go court to try to force South African authorities to hold parole hearing for am. Di former Paralympic gold medallist ...

If dem grant dat request, im go want make di hearing dey within 30 days of di order wey say so. Pistorius dey argue say backdating am mean say im for dey eligible for parole for February last year. Im dey ask for im early release based on wen im sentence start.

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, sentenced to 13 years in prison for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend, has asked the courts to consider ...

"It is an application to compel the probation committee to agree to a hearing on his parole application," the lawyer said. He has always denied the murder, saying he was convinced a thief had broken into his home. The former athlete, who is an amputee below the knees, served more than half his sentence in July, making him eligible for early release.

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, who was jailed for 13 years for murdering his girlfriend, has asked the courts to force prison ...

"It's an application to compel the parole board to convene a hearing for his consideration for parole," said Knight. The encounter was part of Pistorius' rehabilitation, something that is also a requirement to be able to apply for parole. He was found guilty of murder and started serving his sentence in 2014.

According to the calculations of Pistorius and his lawyer, he has served half of the 15 years meted out to him and, thus, is entitled to be considered for ...

“The Steenkamp family is not opposing parole. They, however, did not hear from the Supreme Court during this time. Tania Koen, the lawyer representing the Steenkamp family, meanwhile, said while they did not want to comment on the issue, they shared the department’s viewpoint that he could not yet be considered for parole as they believed that he had not yet served half of his prison time. But the Supreme Court again amended his sentence and ruled that the 13 years and five month sentence should be antedated to the date in 2014 when he was initially sentenced by Judge Masipa. According to the calculations of Pistorius and his lawyer, Julian Knight, he has served half of the 15 years meted out to him by the Supreme Court of Appeal and, thus, is entitled to be considered for parole. The confusion regarding his time spent in jail followed the various appeals and orders issued by the Supreme Court after trial Judge Thokozile Masipa of the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, sentenced him to six years in prison in October 2014.