never be filled by anyone else. well, daniel explained the conditions to the release of mr pistorius. the conditions will last until his sentence expires in late 2029 so he still got more than five years of conditional release. and if he breaches those conditions he can be returned to prison. we know a little bit about some of the conditions, he s not going to be allowed to speak to the media which is obviously significant given his fame. he s also going to be banned from drinking alcohol, taking drugs and he s also going to have to attend mandatory classes on anger management and violence against women and girls. the fact he s going to have to attend those programmes is something that has reassured reeva steenkamp s mother, june, in a statement she issued this morning. so we don t actually know what he s going to be doing otherwise. we think he s gone to a family home
he shot reeva steenkamp multiple times through a bathroom door on valentine s day in 2013, later claiming he mistook herfor a burglar at their home in pretoria. reeva s mother says she s serving a life sentence. from pretoria, daniel de simone sent this report. commentator: oscar pistorius is champion! | oscar pistorius, convicted murderer, today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine s day 2013 by shooting four times through a locked toilet door at his home. his trial absorbed the world. pistorius claimed to have shot reeva by mistake, thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised reeva wasn t there. at first only found guilty
reeva s mother says she s serving a life sentence . let s take a look at the background to this case now with daniel de simone. commentator: oscar pistorius is champion! | oscar pistorius, convicted murderer, today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine s day 2013 by shooting four times through a locked toilet door at his home. his trial absorbed the world. pistorius claimed to have shot reeva by mistake, thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised reeva wasn t there. at first only found guilty of the equivalent of manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder, withjudges saying his story was inconsistent and improbable. reeva s close friend says she s