Last week, the Supreme Court of Appeal found Pistorius guilty of murdering Steenkamp, overruling a previous manslaughter conviction.
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On Tuesday, South African High Court Judge Aubrey Ledwaba said Pistorius could leave the house between 7 a.m. (0500 GMT)and noon and, with permission from the authorities, travel within a radius of 20km (12 miles).
If the appeal fails, Pistorius would be required to return to the high court for sentencing. He said that a date for sentencing proceedings should be set if the appeal process is unsuccessful. He will be monitored electronically by the Department of Correctional Services.
He also said in his application that he had enrolled in a correspondence course for a degree at the London School of Economics.
Judges of the high court in Pretoria changed his manslaughter conviction to murder on December 3, BBC reported.
He was sentenced to five years in prison for the culpable homicide conviction on October 21, 2014, but was released on house arrest one year later on the condition that he continues psychotherapy and adheres to a ban on carrying firearms.
Oscar Pistorius will remain on house arrest while he awaits sentencing for his conviction of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
In the interim, Pistorius will be on bail, with the court outlining the conditions of his parole.
However, the state appeals court recently ruled the concept of “dolus eventualis” was not correctly applied and convicted Pistorius of murder, for which he will be sentenced next year.
His jail term hasn’t been decided, but he faces up to 15 years in prison.
The Supreme Court of Appeal said the trial judge, Thokozile Masipa, delivered a confused judgment, misapplied the law in key areas and ignored important police ballistics evidence.
Pistorius, 29, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and black tie, appeared relaxed at the bail hearing in the Pretoria High Court, chatting with his legal team before standing in the dock to hear the judge’s ruling.
Pistorius fired four shots through locked toilet door, killing Ms Steenkamp.
He rejected the prosecutor’s call for Pistorius to be forced to stay home all day, saying this would be a form of punishment and was not in the interests of justice.
Judge Eric Leach said regardless of whether Pistorius thought he was shooting at an unknown intruder or knew it was his girlfriend, he should have known his actions would cause death.
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Pistorius spoke in court only to calmly say “I do” when asked whether he made his bail application voluntarily.
