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South Africa's Pistorius up for parole in girlfriend's murder

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius who might be released from prison this week, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world. PHOTO | SIPHIWE SIBEKO |POOL | AFP

By  AFP

Johannesburg

South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius might be released from prison this week, a decade after he killed his girlfriend in a crime that gripped the world. 

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