00:00 South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been granted parole, 10 years after shooting
00:04 dead his girlfriend in their home in Pretoria. He`ll be released on January 5th.
00:09 Pistorius was initially convicted for culpable homicide, but that verdict changed to murder
00:14 after an appeal by prosecutors. The double amputee Olympian was given a 13-year jail
00:18 term in 2017. He was at the height of his fame and admired around the world when he
00:23 gunned down Riva Steenkamp in 2013 after an argument.
00:27 The Steenkamp family did not oppose parole, but spokesperson said they did not think he
00:31 had been fully rehabilitated.
00:32 [WHOOSH]
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