Pistorius' family warned to keep 'bailed' Paralympian 'on the low' till sentencing

Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius' family has been warned to keep the South African athlete, who has been convicted of culpable homicide, out of trouble till the next month while he awaits sentencing.

In its opposition to the extension of Pistorius' 90,765 dollars bail, the State referred to an argument in a Sandton nightclub in July. In July, while the murder trial was still under way, the double amputee had a row with Jared Mortimer at the VIP Room club in the Michelangelo Towers in Sandton, Johannesburg.

However, in granting the extension, Judge Thokozile Masipa warned the defence to tell whoever would be staying with Pistorius that there should be no further complications. Pistorius' counsel Barry Roux turned around to look at his uncle Arnold Pistorius and the men nodded in agreement of the same, Sport24 reported.

The North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Friday found the Blade Runner guilty of culpable homicide.

When Pistorius got involved in the row at a nightclub, his family had released a media statement saying Mortimer aggressively interrogated him on matters relating to his murder trial.

Mortimer revealed that Pistorius had insulted President Jacob Zuma's family and his own friends, resulting in the disagreement. He claimed Pistorius was intoxicated and started to poke him in the chest while they were talking.

The family denied Mortimer's claims.

Masipa found Pistorius not guilty of the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on 14 February last year, but found him guilty on a lesser charge of culpable homicide, the report added.