South Africa’s Oscar Pistorius will not be released on parole this Friday because the decision to release him was made prematurely and without any legal basis, the justice minister said on Wednesday.
Pistorius, 29, was expected to be released after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence for killing his model and law graduate girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013.
The matter will be reviewed by the parole board.
South Africa’s Justice Minister Michael Masutha had said on Tuesday he was seeking legal advice on whether the parole board was right to release Pistorius on house arrest before serving a sixth of his five year sentence for killing his girlfriend.
A Pistorius family member said the family was shocked and disappointed the famous athlete will not be coming home on Friday.
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