Oscar Pistorius released - Author John Carlin on if he thinks athlete meant to kill Reeva Steenkamp

South Africa’s former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been released on parole. Pistorius - known as the “Blade Runner“ for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, shot the 29-year-old model and law graduate through a bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013, and later repeatedly told courts he had mistaken her for an intruder. He was initially jailed for five years in 2014 for culpable homicide by a high court but the Supreme Court of Appeal in late 2015 found him guilty of murder after an appeal by prosecutors. He was sent back to jail for six years in 2016, less than half the 15-year minimum term sought by prosecutors. In 2017, the Supreme Court more than doubled his sentence to 13 years and five months, saying the six-year jail term was “shockingly lenient“. Author John Carlin covered the case daily and interviewed Pistorius during the trial. In an interview with The Sun he talks