South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius granted parole 10 years after killing his girlfriend

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Pistorius was at the height of his fame and one of the world’s most admired athletes when he killed Steenkamp. He shot her multiple times in the bathroom of his Pretoria villa in the predawn hours with his licensed 9mm pistol.

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00:00 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole, 10 years after shooting

00:04 dead his girlfriend in their home in Pretoria. He`ll be released on January 5th.

00:09 Pistorius was initially convicted for culpable homicide, but that verdict changed to murder

00:14 after an appeal by prosecutors. The double amputee Olympian was given a 13-year jail

00:18 term in 2017. He was at the height of his fame and admired around the world when he

00:23 gunned down Riva Steenkamp in 2013 after an argument.

00:27 The Steenkamp family did not oppose parole, but spokesperson said they did not think he

00:31 had been fully rehabilitated.

00:32 [WHOOSH]

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