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“The bail application hearing for Oscar Pistorius has been set down for tomorrow at 9.30am (0730 GMT) at the Pretoria High Court,” the official, who declined to be named, said

The Supreme Court of Appeals in Bloemfontein has upheld the prosecutors’ appeal – with judge Eric Leach stating that the original judgement was flawed, a decision agreed on by all five judges at the highest court of appeal in South Africa, and that “in the interests of justice” he should not have been convicted of a lesser crime

The Paralympic gold medallist was freed on parole less than a year into a five-year sentence for the “culpable homicide” of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he killed on Valentine’s Day in 2013

Although the family is not commenting on the matter, Pistorius will no doubt be pleased to be released on correctional supervision, after his hopes of leaving the prison earlier were dashed at least three times over the past two months.

Pistorius shot his girlfriend through a locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day 2013, but told the court that it was a mistake and that he thought there was an intruder in his house

After struggling to let out the villa in the gated Silver Woods Estate, its new owner, mining consultant, Louwtjie Louwrens, has finally found some tenants to enjoy its three garages, five entertainment areas, a pool and Jacuzzi