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Given the clarification order about OP not serving a minimum detention period was actually provided by the Supreme Court of Appeal on 28 March 2023, I disagree. He will have to stay in prison at least another 16 months. This has nothing to do with BBC and who directs/runs it.
Oscar Pistorius denied parole | CNN
Disgraced South African Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius was denied parole on Friday, according to local authorities who said he has yet to complete his minimum sentence.
www.cnn.com
31 March 2023
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He was originally sentenced to 13 years and five months imprisonment.
A spokesperson for South Africa’s Correctional Services, Singabakho Nxumalo, told CNN that Pistorius’ submission for parole was not granted because he was not yet eligible – an issue clarified by the country’s top appeals court earlier this week.
“The parole board has granted Mr. Pistorius a further profile for August 2024 and the reason behind that is that Mr. Pistorius is yet to serve a minimum detention period as per the clarification order provided by the Supreme Court of Appeal, which was only provided to the department on the 28th of March 2023,” Nxumalo said.
Pistorius must now continue to serve his sentence until a new parole hearing in August 2024.
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Pistorius was convicted of manslaughter in 2014 and sentenced to five years. But a higher court overturned the conviction and changed it to murder a year later, increasing his sentence to six years in prison.
The ruling was appealed by prosecutors who claimed the sentence was too lenient. Pistorius’ sentence was increased to 13 years and five months by South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal in 2017.
