Summary The 28-year-old South African double amputee sprinter was found guilty last year.
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - The mother of Oscar Pistorius s slain girlfriend told a newspaper on Sunday it would be too early to release the fallen Paralympian from prison as early as August for good conduct.
The 28-year-old South African double amputee sprinter was found guilty last year of culpable homicide -- a charge akin to manslaughter -- and sentenced to five years in prison for shooting his girlfriend, model and TV presenter Reeva Steenkamp, on Valentine s Day 2013. Pistorius claimed that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder, firing four shots through a locked bathroom door.
