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South African Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius (C) is escorted to a police van after his sentencing at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria October 21, 2014. REUTERS\/Siphiwe Sibeko<\/p>\n
(Reuters) – Timeline of events in the case of South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, who was released on parole in October just short of a year into his five-year jail term for culpable homicide after shooting his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day 2013.<\/p>\n
South Africa\u2019s Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear an application by state lawyers to convict the double-amputee gold medallist of outright murder, which carries a minimum sentence of up to 15 years in prison.<\/p>\n
– Born on November 22, 1986 in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n
– Born without fibulas, Pistorius has both legs amputated below the knees before turning one-year-old.<\/p>\n
– After learning to walk on prosthetic legs, Pistorius becomes a keen sportsman in high school, turning to sprint training in 2003.<\/p>\n
– Running on carbon fibre prosthetic blades which earn him the nickname “Blade Runner”, Pistorius becomes a Paralympic gold medallist over 200m in Athens in 2004. Wins three golds at the Paralympics in Beijing in 2008.<\/p>\n
– Arrested and charged with murder after firing four shots at his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp through a locked bathroom door at his Pretoria home on February 14, 2013.<\/p>\n
– High court judge convicts Pistorius of culpable homicide in September 2014 after sensational seven-month trial, letting him off the more serious charge of murder. Also convicts him of firing a pistol under the table of a packed Johannesburg restaurant but cleared of the illegal possession of ammunition and firing a pistol out of the sun-roof of a car.<\/p>\n
– Pistorius starts his five-year jail sentence on Oct 21.<\/p>\n
– State lawyers file an appeal against both the culpable homicide verdict and five-year jail sentence in early November and Pistorius’ lawyers oppose the motion.<\/p>\n
– Prosecutors win their bid in December after Masipa rules that she “cannot say the prospect of success at the Supreme Court is remote”.<\/p>\n
– On August 19, 2015, South African Justice Minister Michael Masutha blocks Pistorius’ release on parole due in two days, saying decision to free him was made without the right legal basis.<\/p>\n
– Pistorius finally released to house arrest on October 19, after serving less than a year of his sentence, in line with South African guidelines that say non-dangerous prisoners should spend only one-sixth of a custodial sentence behind bars.<\/p>\n
– Pistorius to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest at his uncle Arnold’s home in a wealthy suburb of the capital, Pretoria.<\/p>\n
Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa; Editing by James Macharia<\/p>\n
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