Prosecutors launch appeal bid days before Pistorius released

Although South African bail conditions demand he tries to secure employment, the travel restrictions mean he will struggle to return to professional athletics – and by the time his five year sentence is up he will be 33, years after most sprinters retire. “The global Paralympic Committee has said that he can’t race again until his five-year sentence is fully completed.” class=”local_link” >early release is common in South Africa due to overcrowding and lack of funding. They are also reporting that Pistorius is going to be required to serve the remainder of his sentence at a home owned by his uncle and wear an electronic monitoring device.

According to sources, Pistorius will live at his uncle Arnolds home in Pretorias Waterkloof suburb.

The prosecution’s appeal in the Supreme Court would be heard by a panel of either three or five judges in the central city of Bloemfontein.

Pistorius is set to leave prison on Friday (August 21), but he will still be under the control of the Department of Correctional Services.

Prosecutors pushing for a murder conviction against Oscar Pistorius filed papers at South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal on Monday, four days before the Olympic runner is expected to be released from prison and moved to house arrest.

Steenkamp’s parents did not respond to requests for comment.

But the 28-year-old could soon be back in prison if prosecutors are successful in their argument in the appeal court that he should have been convicted of murder rather than culpable homicide – a charge equivalent to manslaughter. The punishment lives with you’. A legal issue in his case that has his family anxious as the prosecutors have been granted an appeal of his conviction. He became a sporting celebrity after becoming the first amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes, at the 2012 London Olympics. Pistorius advised police he awakened and fired his gun as a result of he thought there was an intruder in his house, however Steenkamp’s household argued his actions weren’t unintentional.