He will be released from the Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in Pretoria and will remain under house arrest. If he is indeed released, he will only serve 10 months of the five years of his sentence for manslaughter.
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According to CNN, he is expected to be released from a prison and South Africa and be put under house arrest this week.
Best guesses have the man known as “Blade Runner” released Friday after serving only 1/6 of his sentencing.
Their views were overruled when the parole board decreed that Pistorius was eligible for house arrest because of his good behaviour. Meanwhile, the defence team of Pistorius have until September 17 to file their response which will further be heard by the court in November. He made history in 2012 when he became the first amputee runner to compete in the Olympics.
He is due to be released on parole on Friday after 10 months in jail and is expected to wear a tracking tag. Instead, he was just found guilty of culpable homicide, which is not the same as murder in accordance to the South African law.
Pistorius was sentenced to five years but will be freed in accordance with guidelines for non-dangerous inmates.
On Valentine’s Day in 2013, he killed his girlfriend when he fired four shots through a locked bathroom door at his Pretoria home.
Reeva Steenkamp’s parents say they’re still struggling to come to terms with their loss.
June and Barry Steenkamp said they’re feeling her loss more this week as tomorrow would have been her 32nd birthday.
As he prepares to leave prison to serve the remainder of his sentence for killing Steenkamp under correctional supervision, the State is asking that he be convicted of murder. On Monday, prosecutors will submit their written arguments in their attempt to persuade an appeals court to overturn Judge Thokozile Masipa’s ruling.
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State prosecutors want his conviction to be reviewed and converted to murder, with a minimum sentence of 15 years.
