Oscar Pistorius

Tuesday, 14 February 2023 marks 10 years since Oscar Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

He stuck to his story that he thought it was an intruder. He should remain in jail”. He is a murderer. This, after he met with Pistorius last year as part of the Victim-Offender Dialogue, facilitated by the Department of Correctional Services. She added that he was “ready to be re-integrated into society and will be a positive influence in the community”. The programme forms part of rehabilitating offenders who are being considered for parole. In 2017, Pistorius was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for murder by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). “We have managed to train him on how to deal with all types of anxiety that are negative. ALSO READ: Barry added: “If he told me the truth, he would have been a free man by now, and I would have let the law take its course over his parole. It is, therefore, my submission that should an opportunity arise for him to be given a chance to finish the remainder of his sentence outside, he should be granted such.” In his application, Pistorius and his attorney argued that, as such, he was eligible to be considered for parole in February 2021, as they believed he had served half of his prison sentence.

Steenkamps Withdraw Forgiveness for Oscar Pistorius on the 10th Anniversary of Daughter's Murder.

[eNCA](https://www.enca.com/news/yacht-homes-eguinea-vp-seized-safrica). Most of the fatalities down by the river had been trapped under the bus," said Campbell. "Three people were found deceased by the roadside and sixteen down by the river. Scattered to widespread showers and thunderstorms are still expected for the remainder of the week for a large portion of the country. According to a statement from the office of the president, Mpumalanga, and the Eastern Cape have been the most severely impacted by the floods, which were brought on by intense rainfall as a result of the La Nina meteorological phenomena. It aims to provide closure for the victim's family as well as an opportunity for the perpetrator to seek forgiveness.

Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, 10 years ago. The Mirror has been given exclusive details of ...

Promoted Stories And as Reeva’s parents prepared to mark the anniversary of the 29-year-old’s death with a ceremony at the beach where they scattered her ashes, the Mirror was given exclusive details of Pistorius’s life in Atteridgeville prison – a low-security site that has been described as “comfy”. [Oscar Pistorius](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/oscar-pistorius) is driving a tractor on his prison’s farm to help feed needy schoolkids as he hopes to win over a parole board.

Today marks 10 years since Oscar Pistorius shot and killed girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. It also may be his final Valentine's Day behind bars.

He stuck to his story that he thought it was an intruder. She added that he was “ready to be re-integrated into society and will be a positive influence in the community”. This, after he met with Pistorius last year as part of the Victim-Offender Dialogue, facilitated by the Department of Correctional Services. However, the Supreme Court of Appeal increased his jail term to 13 years and five months following an unsuccessful appeal in November 2017. The programme forms part of rehabilitating offenders who are being considered for parole. He should remain in jail”. He is a murderer. “We have managed to train him on how to deal with all types of anxiety that are negative. Due to the time already served, this was amended to 13 years and five months behind bars In 2017, Pistorius was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for murder by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). He was handed a six-year prison sentence. Oscar Pistorius will become eligible for parole in 2023 after serving half his murder sentence for the death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on 14 February 2013.

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has continued to claim that killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was a tragic accident, prompting her parents' decision to oppose ...

Six-time Paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, dead at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine's Day 2013 ...

Though her name hadn't been mentioned, Adam said he automatically knew it was his beloved sister. It’s not going to change anything." Adam, who moved to the UK when he was 13 years old, recalled the day he learned the "devastating" news of the death of his sister, who was seven years his junior. My father and my stepmother June will never come to terms with it. At the time of the killing, Adam and Reeva had been organising a trip for her to visit the UK to meet his children for the first time. He said he agrees with other family members that Oscar is "unrepentant and obviously still does not take responsibility for the murder of my sister and that he should continue to serve his time".

Oscar Pistorius has been a 'model inmate' in the ten years since he shot dead model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013 and that could help him be released ...

And that’s what we’re expecting." With his prison sentence extended to six years and then to 15 after an appearance by the state, he will be eligible for parole in 2023 having been on his best behaviour. One jail source said: "He has been seen driving a red tractor in fields around the prison, being trained to plough a straight furrow. [Oscar Pistorius](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/oscar-pistorius) has been a model inmate in the decade since he killed model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp - and could soon make a bid to be released. Pistorius was released on house arrest for a temporary period back in 2015 while his appeal was with the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa, who overturned his culpable homicide verdict and convicted him of murder. [Olympian](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/olympics) sprinter, nicknamed Blade Runner, claimed to mistake Reeva for a home intruder back in 2013 and later received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide.

Reeva Steenkamp's parents, Barry and June Steenkamp, vowed to reject Oscar Pistorius' parole hearing due next month. They said they hadn't forgiven him yet.

The actresses were on the set of [The River](https://briefly.co.za/32806-the-river-cast-a-z-exhaustive-list-pictures.html), shooting the episode of Zolani's funeral, whose beloved character was played by Lawrence Maleka. [ IOL](https://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/reeva-steenkamps-parents-will-reject-oscar-pistorius-parole-bid-as-he-has-not-shown-remorse-8de9f31d-08e9-4ba6-8ae4-efeae19b8267?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1676350557), Reeva's father, Barry, said Pistorius refuses to admit that he shot Reeva deliberately. She reportedly wrote him a letter. He should remain in jail." He is a murderer. After all these years we are still waiting for him to admit he did it in anger.

THE heartbroken dad of Oscar Pistorius' victim said he cut a meeting with him in prison short as he "didn't get the answers" he wanted.Shamed athlete?

"I didn't get the answers that I wanted. I don't know." "A person was there to read what I wrote to him that he'd taken the most precious thing we'd got from God and all the things he'd taken away from me - a grandchild, Reeva's wedding." [Pistorius](https://www.the-sun.com/news/1701278/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-murder/) failed to "tell the truth". "All June and I wanted to know was the truth - what we feel was the truth that he actually killed her because of anger. [Pistorius](https://www.the-sun.com/news/1701278/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-murder/), 36, was convicted of murdering 29-year-old [Reeva Steenkamp](https://www.the-sun.com/news/1698337/reeva-steenkamp-killed-oscar-pistorius/) in 2015 and sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison.

Speaking on the 10th anniversary of the killing, Barry Steenkamp opened up about the prison cell confrontation he had with the former Paralympian. “He wasn't ...

Ten years after his daughter's murder, Reeva Steenkamp's father met face-to-face with her killer Oscar Pistorius. The double-amputee Paralympic sprinter shot ...

but we'll see her one day and that's what we look forward to." She said: "I wrote a letter to him as I was afraid of what I would do if I went there, I didn't know how I would react so I decided not to go. Fearing that she would not be able to control her actions if she was in the same room as Pistorius, Steenkamp's mother decided not to visit.

Pistorius, 36, may be freed within weeks after serving half of his sentence for murdering Reeva Steenkamp, who was his girlfriend at the time, ten years ago ...

'When I went to the [prison] and met Oscar, I asked him certain questions. 'There’s always a remorse after that, excepting for the odd person who doesn’t care or anything. It could have taken us the whole day at the prison, but it was shortened by me stating that we aren’t getting the answers that we want, and we’ll leave it at that. Batchelor had been threatened by Pistorius who said he would 'break his legs' over a dispute over a woman. So, you know, it didn’t take very long. During his trial, Johannesburg hardman and former professional footballer Marc Batchelor (pictured during the trial in 2014) was a prosecution witness and was a menacing figure in the public gallery as he told of his contempt for the athlete known as The Blade Runner

THE heartbroken dad of Oscar Pistorius' victim said he cut a meeting with him in prison short as he "didn't get the answers" he wanted.Shamed athlete&.

"I didn't get the answers that I wanted. I don't know." [Pistorius](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13041345/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-jail-release-date/) was initially found guilty of culpable homicide - an offence comparable to manslaughter - for killing [Reeva.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2860727/reeva-steenkamp-killed-oscar-pistorius/) "A person was there to read what I wrote to him that he'd taken the most precious thing we'd got from God and all the things he'd taken away from me - a grandchild, Reeva's wedding." [Pistorius](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2598591/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-murder/) failed to "tell the truth". "I wrote a letter to him because I was actually afraid of what I would do if I went there. "All June and I wanted to know was the truth - what we feel was the truth that he actually killed her because of anger. June, Reeva's mum, said she chose to not join the meeting fearing what "she might do" and instead wrote him a letter. [Good Morning Britain](https://www.thesun.co.uk/topic/good-morning-britain/): "When I went to the VOD [victim-offender dialogue] and met Oscar I asked him certain questions. [Pistorius](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2598591/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-murder/), 36, was convicted of murdering 29-year-old [Reeva Steenkamp](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2860727/reeva-steenkamp-killed-oscar-pistorius/) in 2015 and sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison. [dad Barry Steenkamp](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13139638/who-are-oscar-pistorius-parents/), 80, [agreed to speak face-to-face with Pistorius](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18933371/oscar-pistorius-victims-father/) as he wanted to challenge him [on why he shot his model daughter.](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2598591/oscar-pistorius-reeva-steenkamp-murder/) THE heartbroken dad of Oscar Pistorius' victim said he cut a meeting with him in prison short as he "didn't get the answers" he wanted.

Prosecutors in Pretoria, South Africa, had argued that superstar athlete and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius gunned down his 29-year-old lover Reeva Steenkamp ...

“I touch your neck to show u I care. It read: “I am the girl who let go with u even when I was scared out of my mind to. “I was not flirting with anyone. During the trial, the court heard how the model had told her boyfriend that she was scared of him just weeks prior. You tell me to stop. A week before her death, Reeva wrote: “I can’t be attacked by outsiders for dating u AND be attacked by you, the one person I deserve protection from.” “I’m scared of u sometimes and how u snap at me and how u will react to me. The same day Oscar texted her back, saying: “I was standing tight (sic) behind you watching you touch his arm…but when I left you just kept on chatting to him when clearly I was upset. I feel sick u suggested that and that u made a scene at the table and made us leave early. I’m the girl who fell in love with u and wanted to tell u this weekend. [Oscar Pistorius ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/girlfriend-murderer-oscar-pistorius-distressing-25438721)and his slain girlfriend [ Reeva Steenkamp ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/oscar-pistorius-shooting)warred in chilling text messages just weeks before he [shot ](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/murder-trial)her through their bathroom door. [killed his 29-year-old girlfriend](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/oscar-pistorious-should-never-free-29190799) after he claimed to mistake her for someone burglarising their home in Pretoria, [South Africa](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/south-africa).

On Valentine's Day in 2013, the world was shocked to hear of the tragic death of Reeva Steenkamp, a model and girlfriend of South African Paralympic athlete ...

The verdict was controversial, with many feeling that Pistorius had received a lenient sentence given the severity of his crime. Despite his release, the controversy surrounding Pistorius has continued to simmer. Leave a comment down below. His athletic achievements had made him a national hero in South Africa and a beloved figure in the world of sports. At the heart of the controversy was Pistorius himself, a man known as the "Blade Runner" for his prosthetic legs and groundbreaking performances in track and field. What followed was a legal saga that would captivate the world, revealing a complex and deeply troubled athlete and a legal system grappling with questions of justice and celebrity.

Tshidi Madia speaks to Karyn Maughan, News24's legal journalist.

The former athlete Oscar Pistorius has served half of his 13-year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend in 2013.

You can call their helpline on 0808 2000 247. Pistorius is not free from prison, but as he has served half of his sentence under South African law he could be eligible for parole. However, even if he is eligible, the former athlete must attend a parole hearing, where it will be up to officials to decide if he should be released early. Under South African law, he must have served half of his sentence before becoming eligible for parole and attend a meeting with the victim’s family. In September 2022, the South African former Paralympian went to court to try and argue that he is eligible for parole. So, where is Oscar Pistorius now and when could he be released from prison?

Former Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will receive 24-hour police protection if freed on parole next month, as the father of victim Reeva Steenkamp labelled ...

She added: “I wrote a letter to him because I was actually afraid of what I would do. It was really traumatising for myself.” Now, the father of Steenkamp has spoken of his recent face-to-face meeting with Pistorius in prison. The Supreme Court of Appeal then more than doubled his sentence to 13 years and five months in prison in 2017. With Johannesburg hardman and former pro-footballer Marc Batchelor giving evidence for the prosecution, he spoke of his contempt for the athlete at trial after he was threatened. Pistorius was alleged to have said he would 'break his legs' over the dispute.

Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed in the home of star Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius on February 14, 2013. Rikki Hibbert Photography/Courtesy of ...

“After the court case, I just wanted to sit and cry and be upset,” said June Steenkamp. Reeva’s father met with Pistorius in prison, telling GMB: “All June and I wanted to know was the truth, what we feel was the truth: that he actually killed her because of anger.” We will see her one day, but that’s what we look forward to.” “We just love her so much and miss her. To become eligible, he had to participate in the country’s “Restorative Justice” process, which gives offenders the opportunity to “acknowledge and take responsibility for their actions.” The prosecution appealed, claiming the sentence was too lenient and South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal increased his sentence to 13 years and five months in 2017.