{"id":20508,"date":"2021-11-29T07:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20508"},"modified":"2021-11-29T07:37:55","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:37:55","slug":"oscar-pistorius-set-to-meet-victim-reeva-steenkamps-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/11\/29\/oscar-pistorius-set-to-meet-victim-reeva-steenkamps-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Pistorius set to meet victim Reeva Steenkamp’s parents"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The jailed ex-Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been moved to a different prison ahead of a meeting with the parents of Reeva Steenkamp, his girlfriend who he murdered in 2013.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The meeting is part of a process that could lead to the 35-year-old’s eventual release on parole.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The South African has been transferred nearer to where the Steenkamps live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pistorius is up for possible release after having served half his sentence of 13 years and five months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But he first must participate in what the South African authorities describe as “restorative justice”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As part of this, offenders are expected to speak to their victims or their relatives. They must also acknowledge the harm they have caused, the department of correctional services said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He has been moved from a prison in the capital, Pretoria to one in the port city of\u00a0Gqeberha, previously known as Port Elizabeth<\/a>, in the Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pistorius shot Ms Steenkamp dead in 2013 saying he mistook her for a burglar at his Pretoria home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He fired four times through a locked toilet door.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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