Oscar Pistorius To Be Released From Jail After Serving Just 10 Months

 

Oscar Pistorius to be released from jail on August 21. Reports have it that prison officials have recommended that Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic athlete convicted of killing his girlfriend, be released from prison on August 21 for good behaviour after serving just 10 months.

He'll be moved to house arrest, the head of correctional services, is reported to have said. The news emerged as the country's supreme court of appeal announced the prosecution's appeal against Pistorius's acquittal on a murder charge for killing Reeva Steenkamp would be heard in November.
He was sentenced to five years in prison. Under the South African legal system however, he is eligible to be released under conditions after serving one-sixth of his sentence, which is 10 months in this case.
The country's acting national commissioner of correctional services, Zach Modise, said: 'That a prison committee recommended last week that Pistorius be released from the prison in Pretoria on 21 August, exactly 10 months after he was sentenced and meaning he will have served the minimum amount of jail time his sentence required.'
'He's behaving himself very well,' Modise said, adding: 'He hasn't given us any problems.'
The correctional services spokesman, Manelisi Wolela said the exact conditions of Pistorius's house arrest wouldn't be made public.