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South Africans dismayed at Pistorius’ imminent release

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South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius may be released from prison on parole in August after serving only 10 months for culpable homicide in the killing of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius may be released from prison on parole in August after serving only 10 months for culpable homicide in the killing of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

In one of the wealthiest suburbs of South Africa’s administrative capital Pretoria, stands a three-storey mansion, where Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius will be taken on his release from prison this week.

Pistorius is expected to wear an electronic tracking tag, when he is released on Friday after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence for killing his model and law graduate girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. Maria Galang reports.

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