Former South Africa paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, will ask a parole board on Friday to release him early from prison, lawyers and prison officials have said
“June is not looking forward to it, but [she is] doing it for Reeva,” Koen said on Thursday, referring to Reeva’s mother June Steenkamp.
The closed-door parole board meeting was scheduled to start at 10am at Atteridgeville Prison near Pretoria.The independent parole board must determine, among other issues, whether Pistorius is at risk of committing similar crimes in the future, Atteridgeville Prison spokesperson Singabakho Nxumalo said.
Pistorius’ lawyer, Julian Knight, told Reuters that he was “not in a position to comment until such time as the parole board has made a decision”. Once the darling of the Paralympic movement for pushing for greater recognition and acceptance of disabled athletes, Pistorius shot dead Steenkamp, a model and law student, in his bathroom on February 14 2013.
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