South African athlete Oscar Pistoriusconvicted of kill his girlfriend in 2013model Riva Steenkampthere will be a hearing this Friday to determine whether it remains in effect. conditional freedomLocal media reported this.
In a statement dated this Monday, South African Department of Correctional Services He said the parole board would review Pistorius’ case and make a decision:whether the prisoner is suitable for social integration“.
The hearings will take place after October last year. Constitutional Court of South Africa decided that the athlete could apply for parole.
Pistorius asked the Constitutional Court to declare him eligible for parole after it had been granted. denied last March.
The athlete stated that his prison term was unfairly increased so much the minimum required to qualify for this measure, which constitutes “rape” his “Basic rights“.
Pistorius asked in 2022 High Court of Pretoria set a parole hearing, arguing that there was served more than half of his sentenceSouth African legal requirement to be a candidate for this measure.
But March 31 last yearThe parole board concluded that “the prisoner failed to comply period of detention minimum” and noted August 2024 for another discussion process.
However constitutional confirmed in October this year that “no later than March 21, 2023 The plaintiff has served half of his sentence.”
After the trial, during which he was captured world media attentionPistorius was originally sentenced in October 2014 to five years in prison for murder by negligence, when justice considered the presence of mitigating circumstances, but The prosecutor’s office appealed this decision.
In November 2015 Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa He canceled this sentence and announced it guilty of murdersending the case back to a lower court, which sentenced Pistorius to prison in July 2016. six years in prison for murder.
However, after the next appeal from the prosecutor’s officeIn November 2017, the Supreme Court of Appeal increased the sentence to fifteen yearsthe minimum required by law in cases of murder, except in exceptional situations.
In practice, this ruling meant thirteen years and five months imprisonmentdiscounting time Pistorius – who spent a period of freedom on bail and under house arrest – has already remained in prison.
Pistorius is serving time for the shooting Steenkamp at his house Praetura Valentine’s Day 2013when he was at the height of his fame and amassed a fortune during his sports career.
You shot four times through the closed bathroom door and during the trial tried unsuccessfully to prove that he panicked when mistaking Steenkamp for a thief who entered the house through the bathroom window.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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