Former South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, convicted of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp a decade ago, will remain in prison after a prison board denied his request for parole on Friday.
The prison services declared that the refusal was related to the fact that the convict had not yet served a sufficient part of his sentence to be able to obtain an early release.
The spokesman for the prison services, Singabakho Nxumalo, said to the press that Oscar Pistorius will have completed the minimum required only in August 2024, when he will be able to apply for early release.
The prosecution finds the justice too lenient and appeals and re-characterizes it as murder. The judicial saga kept the media in suspense, the world was fascinated by this unusual case.
On the appeal where Pistorius presented himself on his stump to try to win the sympathy of the judge. He was sentenced to six years in prison.