A South African court on Tuesday granted bail to Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic star known as the Blade Runner, pending his sentencing for the killing of his girlfriend.
South Africa’s top appeals court last week found Mr. Pistorius guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, 29, a model and law school graduate, on Valentine’s Day in 2013. The decision overturned a lesser conviction of manslaughter, known technically as culpable homicide, that had been handed down by a lower court.
Under the terms of the bail, Mr. Pistorius, 29, a double-amputee athlete whose nickname was derived from the prosthetic devices that allowed him to run, will remain under house arrest while he awaits sentencing at a hearing scheduled for April 18.