Oscar Pistorius denied parole in Reeva Steenkamp murder case; to stay behind the bars
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Lawyers for Reeva Steenkamp's family arrived at the correctional facility on the outskirts of the capital, where the hearing was taking place, amid a heavy media presence wherePistorius was denied his parole.
South Africas Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been denied parole in the Reeva Steenkamp murder case on Friday, March 31. Steenkamp, a model and girlfriend of Pistorius was killed by in the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, firing four times through the bathroom door of his ultra-secure Pretoria house, in a killing that shocked the world.
Lawyers for Steenkamp's family arrived at the correctional facility on the outskirts of the capital, where the hearing was taking place, amid a heavy media presence.
"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, told AFP.
The Department of correctional services said Pistorius had not completed the minimum detention period required for parole. Pistorius was seeking parole in the case, a decade after he killed Steenkamp having likely served a minimum period behind the bars.
"They don't feel that he should be released. They feel that he has shown no remorse," June Steenkamp, Reevas mother told reporters outside the prison earlier.
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Friday, March 31, 2023 at 1:20 pm