Where is oscar pistorius living now

When he was originally sentenced to five years he was placed in Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison. In October , Pistorius was released after just a year in jail. He was ordered to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest at his uncle Arnold's home in Pretoria. Two months later the Supreme Court overturned Pistorius' manslaughter conviction, finding him guilty of murder.

However, the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa overturned the verdict shortly after and convicted him of murder, adding an extra six years to his sentence.

Paralegal Reeva, 29, was shot through the bathroom door. Following an appeal, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison, with Justice Legoabe Willie Seritie saying at the time: "The sentence imposed by the [high court] with respect to murder is set aside and substituted with the following - t he respondent's imprisonment for 13 years and five months.

Oscar is currently serving his sentence at the Attridgeville Correctional Centre, where he will become eligible for parole in If I was afforded the opportunity of redemption, I would like the opportunity to help those less fortunate, like I had in my past.

The former athlete has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. I have no doubt that Oscar has changed the environment in the prison for the better, he is helping to mediate between people and is having a positive influence. Speaking about her son's killer back in , Reeva's mother June told The Guardian : "What can he say? Sorry is not enough. He was initially found not guilty of murder but guilty of culpable homicide.

He received a five-year prison sentence for culpable homicide and a concurrent three-year suspended prison sentence for a separate reckless endangerment conviction. However, the verdict was later overturned to a murder sentence and his time was increased to a further 13 years and five months on appeal by the state for a longer prison sentence.

In , Pistorius was released after just one year in jail. However, when the Supreme Court overturned his culpable homicide conviction to murder, he was ordered to spend six years in prison in the hospital wing of the Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria. His sentence has since been increased to 15 years as of November , meaning he had 13 years and five months left to serve.