He will remain in prison. The request for parole of former South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, was refused Friday, March 31, we learned from the lawyer of the family of the victim.
"I don't know on what grounds the application was refused, we were only informed that it had been refused and that it would be reviewed in a year," Tania Koen told AFP. A hearing before an ad hoc committee was held in the morning and was to inform the lawyers of both parties after deliberation.
With AFP
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