There can never be justice, says murdered Reeva's mother as Pistorius freed from jail

FORMER Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius was today released from prison nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

- Matt Watts

It is understood he was freed from the Atteridgeville Correctional Center in the South African capital, Pretoria, in the early hours.

Pistorius — dubbed “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fiber prosthetic legs — shot 29-year-old model Ms Steenkamp dead through a locked bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013. He claimed he mistook her for an intruder when he fired four shots into the bathroom at his Pretoria home, and he launched multiple appeals against his conviction on that basis.

Pistorius, now 37, has spent about eight and a half years in jail as well as seven months under home arrest before he was sentenced for murder. A parole board in November decided he could be freed after completing more than half his sentence.