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‘Blade Runner’ Oscar Pistorius to be released from prison 11 years after murdering girlfriend

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Reeva Steenkamp in a dress stands next to her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius


South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius is set to be released on parole, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that shocked a nation long inured to violence against women. 

Pistorius — dubbed “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs — shot the 29-year-old model dead through a locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013.

He has repeatedly said he mistook Ms Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four shots into the bathroom at his Pretoria home, and he launched multiple appeals against his conviction on that basis.

Pistorius, now 37, has spent about eight and a half years in jail as well as seven months under home arrest before he was sentenced for murder.



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