Convicted Paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius has been released on parole and put under house arrest at his uncle's house after serving almost a year in prison for killing his girlfriend.
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According to the Guardian, Pistorius family spokesperson Anneliese Burgess had confirmed that the double-amputee athlete was at his uncle Arnold's house in Pretoria.
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Pistorius was sentenced to a five-year jail in 2014 after being found guilty of culpable homicide of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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Meanwhile, prosecutors are calling on a panel of judges at the country's Supreme Court to overrule a decision by another judge to acquit Pistorius of murder charges. A state appeal against Pistorius' murder acquittal will be heard in November.
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If prosecutors succeed in their appeal against the culpable homicide conviction in the Supreme Court of Appeal and have it upgraded to murder, Pistorius would face a minimum of 15 years in jail.
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