Oscar Pistorius expected to get out of jail in August

Oscar Pistorius at his court trial last year.
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Former paralympian athlete Oscar Pistorius is expected to be released on correctional supervision 21 August according to a report.

Pistorius has served ten months in prison for the death of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp whom he killed when he thought she was a burglar on February 2013.

He was convicted on culpable homicide charges and taken to Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.

According to eNCA, he is up for parole on 21 August which may be granted should his parole bid be approved.

eNCA reports that the state's appeal against his acquittal will be heard in court in November, three months after his expected release from prison.

Department of Justice spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga said Pistorius was likely to serve ten months. He wrote on Facebook after Pistorius was sentenced: "Five years in terms of [Section] 276 of the Criminal Procedure Act means the accused serves one-sixth of the sentence, which is 10 months. And an offender or inmate can be considered for placement under correctional supervision which is processed by correctional services."

Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison on 12 September - for discharging a firearm at Tasha's restaurant in January 2013, he was sentenced to three years in jail, suspended for five years.

Both sentences would run concurrently, Judge Thokozile Masipa ruled.