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Oscar Pistorius walked free from prison in South Africa more than a decade after murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The former Paralympic runner, 39, was convicted of murder after shooting Ms Steenkamp multiple times through a locked door on Valentine’s Day at their Pretoria home.
After his release, Pistorius will have to attend therapy for anger management and remain under close supervision. He will be unable to leave the area of Waterkloof, where he will be staying with his uncle, for five years.
South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, right, and Reeva Steenkamp in 2012
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He will also not be allowed to consume alcohol and will be banned from conducting media interviews.
Pistorius, who was born without fibulas and had both legs amputated below the knees before his first birthday, gained global fame in the early 2000s when he won Paralympic gold in the 200 metres at the Games in Athens.
A gun enthusiast, the athlete told the trial he had believed Steenkamp – a promising law graduate – was an intruder in their home when he shot her several times through the bathroom door. It was an account he repeated over the years.
He was initially jailed for five years in 2014 for culpable homicide but the sentence was changed to six years after the Supreme Court of Appeal in late 2015 found him guilty of the more serious charge of murder. His sentence was later increased again to 13 years after prosecutors argued the punishment was too lenient.
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