Pistorius loses his bid for parole 10 years after killing girlfriend
Model Reeva Steenkamp. Photo: AP/Denis Farrell
Wendell Roelf
Former South Africa Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been denied parole, South Africa’s prison authorities and a lawyer for the victim’s family said yesterday.
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