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# Reeva Steenkamp

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# Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius denied early release for the murder of his girlfriend following parole hearing
The former Olympic runner will be able to bid for freedom again in August 2024, South African authorities have said.
# Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius denied early release for the murder of his girlfriend following parole hearing
The former Olympic runner will be able to bid for freedom again in August 2024, South African authorities have said.
# parole hearing
Oscar Pistorius expected to attend parole hearing 10 years after killing girlfriend
The former Olympic runner was convicted of killing Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times through a toilet door in his home on Valentine’s Day 2013.
# parole hearing
Oscar Pistorius expected to attend parole hearing 10 years after killing girlfriend
Oscar Pistorius is expected to attend a parole hearing to decide if he can be released from prison 10 years after killing his girlfriend.
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# Brawl
Oscar Pistorius injured in prison brawl over use of public phone
The former Paralympic champion is serving a 13-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
# South Africa
Reeva wouldn't want me to waste my life behind bars, Oscar Pistorius says
In his first TV interview, the convicted murderer says he doesn’t want to go back to jail.
# South Africa
Oscar Pistorius walks around courtroom without prosthetics during sentencing hearing
The former athlete is due to be sentenced for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp on Friday.
# Blade Runner
No decision on Pistorius sentence as paralympian described as a 'broken man'
The hearing to decide what sentence the 29-year-old should serve for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp is set to last a week.
# Trial
Pistorius family condemn book that alleges athlete beat Reeva Steenkamp
Pistorius will most likely be sentenced in June over his girlfriend’s death.
# fresh claim
Pistorius family condemn claim he beat Reeva Steenkamp with cricket bat
‘This is yet another attention-seeking, money making exercise,’ claim the sprinter’s family.
# Grief
'I just miss her every day': Mother of Reeva Steenkamp speaks of heartbreak three years on
June Steenkamp described her daughter as a “perfect child”.
# Last Chance Saloon
Oscar Pistorius is not giving up on avoiding jail for murder
He’s appealing his murder conviction, but even if he fails he mightn’t be sentence to prison.
# Murder
Oscar Pistorius is going back to jail for murder. Here's how justice was finally done
The 29-year-old athlete was found guilty of murder at an appeals court in South Africa today.
# South Africa
Oscar Pistorius found guilty of the murder of Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius will go back to jail after appeals court upgrades charge to murder.
# appeal
Oscar Pistorius's lawyers fight to keep him out of jail
Reeva Steenkamp’s mother had earlier said that she believed his sentence was too short.
# Breaking
After one year in jail, Oscar Pistorius will be released on Tuesday
The paralympian, found guilty of culpable homicide over the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will be released later this month.
# Parole
Pistorius set to remain in jail
A decision on whether or not to grant the athlete parole has been delayed until Monday.
# Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius parole review postponed for two weeks
The athlete had been due to leave prison in August to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
# Speaking out
"He killed her. He admits he killed her." - Reeva Steenkamp's parents in face of Pistorius release
Barry and June Steenkamp say Oscar Pistorius killed their daughter tin a fit of rage.
# Behind Bars
Prison U-turn: Oscar Pistorius is staying in jail for now
The Olympian was scheduled to be released on Friday.
Voices
It's jail Oscar, but not as we know it - Pistorius freedom after 10 months makes a mockery of justice
The South African sentencing model may be an affront, but we would do well to remember the Irish system is equally flawed, writes criminologist John O’Keeffe.
# Steenkamp
Anger as Pistorius to be freed on parole after 10 months behind bars
Reeva Steenkamp’s parents say “incarceration of 10 months for taking a life is simply not enough”.
# release date
Reeva Steenkamp's mother says her daughter's life is worth more than 10 months in jail
Oscar Pistorius could be out of jail in the summer.
# culpable homicide
Manslaughter charge for Oscar Pistorius could be upgraded to murder
The prosecution said in court today that the judge had misinterpreted a legal principle.
# improper
Mother of Reeva Steenkamp shocked over Paddy Power offering odds on trial
June said Reeva’s bags were packed to go on the night she was shot.
# conviction
Pistorius appeal hearing set for next month
Under South African law the double-amputee could serve just 10 months in jail.
# South Africa
Prosecutors to appeal Oscar Pistorius verdict and sentencing
The next step is to file papers in court
# culpable homicide
Oscar Pistorius jailed for 5 years for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
The 27-year-old athlete was found guilty of the culpable homicide of Reeva Steenkamp.
# ruled out
Pistorius banned from defending Paralympic gold medals in Rio in 2016
Pistorius won sprint gold medals at three Paralympic Games as well as competing in the 2012 London Olympics.
# Guilty
Oscar Pistorius 'could be out of jail in 10 months'
Pistorius was sentenced to five years in jail, but could be out in one sixth of that time.
# Sentencing
10 years in jail or house arrest? Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced today for killing his girlfriend
Correctional services have denied reports that they were already preparing a cell for Pistorius in a high-security section of Pretoria Central Prison.
# South Africa
Reeva Steenkamp's killing "ruined our whole family"
That’s what her cousin Kim Martin told the court today.
# Sentencing
Reeva Steenkamp's family rejected "blood money" from Pistorius
His sentencing hearing heard today that he offered the family $34,000.
# South Africa
Court to spend second day deciding how Pistorius should be sentenced
Yesterday, a prison official recommended that he undertake community service, but this was rejected by the prosecutor.
# South Africa
Community service suggested for 'broken man' Oscar Pistorius
A prison official recommended that the athlete be made clean a museum for 16 hours a month for the next three years.
# Pistorius
Mum of Reeva Steenkamp to publish "insider" book on Pistorius trial
June Steenkamp will write about her experience of the trial.
# Trial
Oscar Pistorius verdict is not justice, says Reeva Steenkamp's family
“This verdict is not justice for Reeva. I just want the truth”.
# South Africa
Oscar Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide
Sentencing has been scheduled for 13 October.
# culpable homicide
Here's how long Oscar Pistorius's prison sentence could be
The former Olympian’s sentence could technically be left off with a fine and suspended sentence.