Oscar Pistorius Treated for Wrist Injuries After ‘Slipping’ in Jail

“I know there are reports saying that he had tried to injure himself – they are completely untrue and sensational”.

The Olympic sprinter was treated for minor wrist injuries and returned to his prison cell in Pretoria on Saturday, said Singabakho Nxumalo, a spokesman for South Africa’s Correctional Services.

“The Department of Correctional Services can confirm that our management at Kgosi Mampuru Prison has been informed about this”.

The incident also follows an investigation on Pistorius which was conducted after warders uncovered a pair of scissors, prescription drugs, and “toxic pills” in his cell three weeks ago.

“Oscar Pistorius denied speculations of a suicide attempt”. “As a policy principle we can not further discuss a particular offender’s personal condition in the public domain”.

Pistorius’s family declined to comment.

However, according to a report by News24, two security guards working at the Kalafong Hospital leaked the information that Pistorius may have attempted to commit suicide.

According to City Press, an inmate situated close to the hospital section said Pistorius had injured himself intentionally. Pistorius’ defense team suggested those reports were exaggerated.

Pistorius is now serving a six-year sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013.

They want him to be jailed for at least 15 years, with the six-year term prompting fresh criticism in South Africa and across the world.

The 29-year-old athlete was initially given a five-year term for manslaughter, but was found guilty of murder after prosecutors appealed last December. Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp four times through a locked bathroom door in his home on Valentine’s Day, 2013.

The country’s National Prosecuting Authority said the sentence was “disproportionate to the crime” and could bring the justice system “into disrepute”.