South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius denied parole for lover’s murder | Crime News

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Pistorius, popularly known as ‘The Blade Runner’, became world famous at the 2012 Paralympic Games, before the murder trial that ended his career a year later.

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole after seeking early release from prison, a decade after shooting and killing his girlfriend, lawyers said.

“We were … advised at this point in time that it has been denied and it will be considered again in one year’s time,” Tania Koen, a lawyer for the victim’s family, said on Friday.

The Department of Correctional Services said Pistorius had not…



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