Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius is paroled on January 5, 2024, ten years after the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Pistorius shot Steenkamp multiple times on Valentine’s Day in 2013, later claiming he thought it was a burglar.

Pistorius, now 37, was sentenced in 2016 to 13 years in prison.

Parole will last until December 5, 2029 and will be subject to conditions until the end of his sentence.

The parole board reviewed his case again on Friday after rejecting a request for parole in March.

The decision for a second hearing came after his lawyer referred his case to the constitutional court over errors in the calculation of when Pistorius would be eligible for parole.

The victim’s mother, June Steenkamp, ​​did not oppose bail, but in a letter to the parole board, she questioned whether Pistorius’ “enormous anger issues” had really been dealt with in prison, adding that she would be “concerned about the safety of any woman’ who comes into contact with him.

June Steenkamp chose not to attend her parole hearing at Atteridgeville Prison, near Pretoria. The victim’s father, Barry, passed away a few months ago.