Pistorius says murdered girlfriend wouldn't want him to waste his life in prison

Convicted Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius believes that his late girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp wouldn't want him to waste his life behind bars and instead would have wished to see him devoting his life in works of charity.

The 29-year-old, who will be sentenced on July 6 for the murder of Steenkamp in 2013, also reiterated that he didn't kill his partner internationally.

In his first interview since his girlfriend's death, the double-amputee athlete expressed that he didn't want to go back to jail, adding that he 'would like to help the less fortunate' if he was given the 'opportunity of redemption', Sport24 reported.

He also stated that he could understand the pain of those who felt he should be punished, adding that he feels that 'same pain' and 'same hate for myself'.

Pistorius has always claimed that he had accidently killed his model girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder in his toilet before he battered the door down using the bat.

Earlier in December, Pistorius was found guilty of murder after the Supreme Court overturned his previous culpable homicide conviction following the state's successful attempt in challenging the verdict.

Pistorius, famously known as the Blade Runner, was released on parole in October 2015 and has been placed under house arrest since then at his uncle's house after serving almost a year in prison of his five-year sentence.

According to the South African law, the minimum sentence for murder is 15 years in prison.