The paralympian, Oscar Pistorius has been released on parole from a South African prison, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend, lawyer and supermodel Reeva Steenkamp, for which he served nearly nine years behind bars.
Officials confirmed Pistorius was “at home” on Friday morning, having served half of his more than 13-year sentence.
The BBC reports Reeva’s mother said she accepted the decision to release the former athlete – but added her family was the one “serving a life sentence”.
Pistorius, now 37, shot Reeva multiple times in 2013 through a door.
The double amputee later claimed he had mistaken her for a burglar.
Pistorius was eventually convicted of murder in 2015 after an appeal court overturned an earlier verdict of culpable homicide.
Under South African law, all offenders are entitled to be considered for parole once they have served half their total sentence, which for Pistorius was finally set in 2017 at 13 years and five months.
He will live under strict conditions – including being unable to speak to the media – until his sentence expires in 2029.
He is believed to have gone to live at the home of his uncle Arnold Pistorius in an upmarket suburb of the capital, Pretoria.
