Pistorius moves to house arrest, but legal challenge looms
Oscar Pistorius was released from a South African prison Monday and placed under house arrest, Correctional Services spokesman Manelisi Wolela said.
The former Olympic athlete had been in prison since October last year, when a judge sentenced him to five years for culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius shot the model and law school graduate on Valentine's Day 2013. He has said he mistook her for an intruder.
A South African parole board said it had approved his placement under house arrest and correctional supervision for four years.
Oscar Pistorius spent Tuesday at his uncle's mansion after being moved from jail to house arrest, but the former track star faces another legal challenge next month when prosecutors argue at an appeals court that he should go back to prison for much longer for killing his girlfriend.
Pistorius, a double-amputee who inspired millions when he ran against able-bodied athletes at the 2012 London Olympics, does not have to attend the Nov. 3 hearing at the Supreme Court of Appeal in the South African city of Bloemfontein. He is likely to wait for the outcome in comfortable confinement at the Pretoria home of his Uncle, Arnold Pistorius.
The former Olympic athlete had been in prison since October last year, when a judge sentenced him to five years for culpable homicide in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Pistorius shot the model and law school graduate on Valentine's Day 2013. He has said he mistook her for an intruder.
A South African parole board said it had approved his placement under house arrest and correctional supervision for four years.
Oscar Pistorius spent Tuesday at his uncle's mansion after being moved from jail to house arrest, but the former track star faces another legal challenge next month when prosecutors argue at an appeals court that he should go back to prison for much longer for killing his girlfriend.
Pistorius, a double-amputee who inspired millions when he ran against able-bodied athletes at the 2012 London Olympics, does not have to attend the Nov. 3 hearing at the Supreme Court of Appeal in the South African city of Bloemfontein. He is likely to wait for the outcome in comfortable confinement at the Pretoria home of his Uncle, Arnold Pistorius.