The meeting is customary in South Africa and is known as “restorative justice”.
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Pistorius was convicted of the murder of Steenkamp in 2015 after shooting the model and paralegal on Valentine’s Day.
The South African sprinter was jailed for 13 years for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home in 2013.
Pistorius was jailed for six years for shooting dead girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, but prosecutors have argued that the sentence was “shockingly lenient”.
Singabakho Nxumalo, a spokesman from the department of correctional services, was quoted as saying this by the Times newspaper
The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein more than doubled his original sentence of six years after the state appealed that it was unduly lenient.
Pistorius was imprisoned in July last year after being found guilty on appeal of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine’s Day in 2013. The case has attracted worldwide interest.
The 30-year-old was taken to a hospital in the administrative capital Pretoria, where he is serving his sentence, according to the website Pretoria East Record.
Family spokesman Johan van Wyk said Lois was waiting for the garage door to close after returning from a shopping trip when the raiders pounced
South Africa’s minimum sentence for murder is 15 years but the judge said “substantial and compelling circumstances” existed to give Pistorius a lesser sentence for shooting Steenkamp at his home in 2013
Judges changed his conviction from manslaughter to murder last week
Pistorius was wearing a black baseball cap and sunglasses when he arrived Saturday morning at the Garsfontein police station in the South African capital, Pretoria
United States of America sports giant, Nike, has terminated its endorsement deal with Oscar Pistorius, a double amputee sprinter, who was found guilty of culpable homicide, says an official.
The IPC said Pistorius will not be barred from returning to the track after serving out his punishment
Oscar Pistorius has been found not guilty of murdering Reeva Steenkamp.
The stunning development was revealed as Judge Thokozile Masipa read her summation of the evidence Thursday in front of a packed courthouse in Pretoria, South Africa, and a worldwide television audience.
Oscar Pistorius has been found not guilty of murdering Reeva Steenkamp.
The prosecution aims to show he was a hot-headed character, who loved to play with guns
The Paralympic athlete was in the dock for the second day of a murder trial in Pretoria, South Africa, that is being followed by millions around the world
The 26-year-old is alleged to have shot his 30-year-old model girlfriend from Port Elizabeth in the head and upper body