[ 2016-07-08 ]

Oscar Pistorius receives VIP prison treatment
Convicted 29 year old murderer Oscar Pistorius is
serving his six-year sentence for killing his
blond girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a single,
comfortable hospital prison cell, an official said
on Thursday.

The disgraced former paralympian champion is in
the same cell in Kgosi Mampuru prison he was
previously incarcerated for one year.

Manelisi Wolela, spokesperson for the Department
of Correctional Services said the special
accommodation was due to his disability and that
the prison had never had a double amputee inmate
before.

“He is in the same facility in the hospital
section of the Pretoria prison; he will therefore
receive special treatment because of his
vulnerability. His private chef and nutritionist
will monitor what he consumes and a private gym
facility will be accessible to him, his personal
athletics trainer will be allowed to train him to
keep him in shape for the next Olympics.

“Mr Pistorius is a role model to many and serves
national interests and athletics is his sole
source of income, as correctional service
department we need to preserve and further build
the talent he has. His six year sentence will
definitely elapse so nobody has the right to kill
and destroy what he built during all these
years,” he said.

Wolela said the hospital wing of the prison had a
number of other prisoners, some of whom are sick
or disabled.

“If you expose them to communal normal cells,
they will be vulnerable, inmates with special
cases require special treatment, and we can’t
mix them.” he said.

Oscar Pistorius, 29, began his six year sentence
on Wednesday after he had his conviction of
manslaughter was last year upgraded to murder for
shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp three
years ago.

Oscar representatives said he won’t appeal the
sentence, which is just one year longer than his
earlier jail term.

Pistorius will be eligible for parole after
serving between half to two-thirds of his
sentence.

Source - mzansilive

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