Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius is going to court in bid to force a parole hearing after serving half of the 13-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp 2013.
Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius is going to court to try to force South African authorities to hold a parole hearing for him.
Pistorius shot dead Reeva Steenkamp through a locked toilet door, claiming he mistook her for a burglar.A series of challenges and rulings by the Supreme Court of Appeal has led to confusion about when his sentence became effective. In 2017, SCA said that Pistorius should serve 13 years and five months for the murder of Ms Steenkamp - overturning a previous, more lenient punishment of six years for murder.
But Atteridgeville prison, where he is being held, says the court of appeal has given contradictory rulings.
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