Oscar Pistorius released from prison in South Africa Earlier Than Expected

Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic runner who fatally shot his girlfriend in 2013, was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Monday night, a South African corrections official said. The Department of Correctional Services had originally said Mr. Pistorius, who has served a year of a five-year manslaughter sentence, would be released on Tuesday in line with a decision by a parole board.

Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s “Blade Runner”, was released on parole on Monday night, just short of a year into his five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The disgraced Paralympic gold medallist must serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest. He still has to face a Nov. 3 appeal by prosecutors who argue that he should have been convicted of murder rather than culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter.

Pistorius, 28, will be confined to his uncle Arnold’s home in a wealthy suburb of the capital Pretoria.