South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, condemned to 13 years in jail for the 2013 homicide of his better half, has requested that the courts consider his application for parole, his legal advisor said Wednesday.
The previous competitor, who is a tragically handicapped person beneath the knees, carried out the greater part his punishment in July, making him qualified for early delivery. The system in South Africa requires the convict to meet with the person in question or her family, which he did by meeting Reeva Steenkamp's folks toward the beginning of July.
Oscar Pistorius was sentenced in 2015 for killing the model on Valentine's Day, shooting multiple times through the latrine entryway of his super safe Pretoria home. He has consistently denied the homicide, saying he was persuaded a criminal had broken into his home.
His legal counselor, Julian Knight, let AFP know that Pistorius, presently 35, is looking for equity to compel specialists to gather a consultation on his parole application.
"It is an application to propel the probation board of trustees to consent to a consultation on his parole application," the legal counselor said. "It doesn't imply that he ought to be paroled, however that his application ought to be thought of," he added.
The papers were documented "a couple of months prior", and no consultation date has yet been set, he expressed, declining to give further subtleties.
As a feature of his parole application, Oscar Pistorius was moved in November 2021 from a jail in the capital Pretoria to a jail in the south of the country.
Nicknamed "Cutting edge Runner", he turned into a world star in 2012 when he contended with physically fit competitors in the 400 meters at the London Olympics.
Source: africanews.com