South
African Olympic and Paralympics athlete Oscar Pistorius has been free under
house arrest almost one year after he was locked up for killing his girlfriend.
He
is likely to spend the remainder of a five-year prison sentence at his uncle's up
marketplace house in Pretoria.
He
shot Reeva Steenamp through a locked bathroom door in 2013 but said he thought
she was an intruder.
Ms
Steenkamp's relatives say they think Pistorius is "receiving off
lightly".
Pistorius,
28, was found guilty of culpable stabbing, or killing, of his 29-year-old
girlfriend at a trial in October last year.
A
case stuck by the trial appealing against that decision is due to be heard by the
Supreme Court of Appeal on 3 November. State prosecutors say Pistorius should
have instead been convicted of kill.
Pistorius
house capture: The dos and don'ts
No
access to firearm
No
taking of drugs or alcohol, and can be by chance tested by officials
Continue
with psychiatric therapy sessions
No
going out at darkness
Can
work; will not be automatically tagged
His
lawyers say track and ground training is part of work, but this is still undecided
The
building and unmaking of Oscar Pistorius
Has
politics intrude in the Pistorius case?
The
athlete was free on Monday evening, a day before than expected, according to a orator
from the Kgosi Mampuru II jail, where Pistorius was being held.
The
twice amputee athlete's family said they had not expected to be free a day
earlier, and he would "sternly" hold to his parole situation.
The
result was taken in the "significance of all parties concerned, the sufferers,
the offender and the section of Correctional Services", Manelisi Wolela
said in a declaration.
Pistorius
was obsessed under cover of night to his uncle's home 20 minutes away, a early
departure planned seemingly to keep away from the media
Under
South African law, the twice amputee was entitled for release under
"correctional supervision" having served a sixth of his verdict.
Temporarily,
a close family friend of the athlete said he was in unfortunate physical shape,
addition that his return to athletics would be doubtful.
Pistorius
competed in the 400 meters at the London 2012 Olympics, wearing carbon-fiber blade
to run against able-bodied athletes.
If
the trial is successful with its appeal next month, Pistorius could face a long
stretch back in jail.