Oscar Pistorius has been released from prison into house arrest after serving one year of a five-year sentence for killing his girlfriend.
Multiple news outlets were reporting the release. Pistorius' lawyer, Brian Webber, confirmed the news to The Citizen.
The former Paralympic runner will spend his correctional supervision at the home of his uncle outside Pretoria until his sentence is completed on October 20, 2019.
Pistorius was convicted of killing Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day in 2013. Pistorius, who said he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder, was found guilty of culpable homicide after a trial.