Oscar Pistorius to be moved from prison to house arrest

BBC.COM | Thursday October 15, 2015 15:38

 

He was sentenced to five years in prison in 2014 after being found guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter.

He shot Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door but said he thought she was an intruder.

The prosecution has appealed, saying he should instead be convicted of murder.

Pistorius has spent 12 months in jail and will now spend the rest of his sentence under what is termed in South Africa 'correctional supervision', the parole board said.

An earlier decision to release him in August was blocked by South Africa's Justice Minister Michael Masutha saying it had been made 'prematurely'.