Oscar Pistorius

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What next for convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius?

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Mon Jan 15 2024 - 06:15

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Fri Jan 05 2024 - 07:41

Oscar Pistorius released from jail on parole, 11 years after murdering Reeva Steenkamp

South African former Paralympic star, jailed for murdering Reeva Steenkamp, is at home, correctional services department said

Fri Jan 05 2024 - 07:40

Paddy Power’s latest ad indulges in low-temperature Anglophobia

Rather than generating any serious hoo-ha, Paddy Power has pushed a door that was ajar

Sun Mar 01 2020 - 05:00

Joanne O’Riordan: Semenya now facing the race of her life

CAS has the unenviable task of setting a precedent on intersexuality

Thu Feb 21 2019 - 06:30

Pistorius’s six-year sentence ‘shockingly light’, court hears

Prosecution urges longer term for former Olympian who murdered girlfriend in 2013

Fri Nov 03 2017 - 14:44

Bank of Ireland dumps scandal-hit PR firm Bell Pottinger

Irish bank says it is preparing a tender process for its UK PR business

Tue Sept 19 2017 - 06:17

Planet Business: Fairy doors, rooftop running tracks and bitcoin apartments

The latest in tech workplace fashion and an, ahem, interesting list of Bell Pottinger clients

Thu Sept 07 2017 - 19:00

Outrage expressed over Grace Mugabe immunity report

Model claims Zimbabwe’s first lady whipped her with electric extension cable

Fri Aug 18 2017 - 17:42

South African borders on alert to ensure Grace Mugabe does not flee

President’s wife sought diplomatic immunity over assault case but has not been charged

Thu Aug 17 2017 - 20:22

Zinzi Clemmons: Mother courage in ‘What we lose’

Private and public grief come together in an engaging new novel about loss

Sat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00

Paddy Power advertising chief to leave firm to set up creative business

Ken Robertson described by Irish bookmaker as a ‘key part of its brand magic’

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 05:00

A spring in the step - The Nike dilemma

Sport’s level playing field is questioned

Fri Mar 24 2017 - 21:00

Judge rejects prosecutors’ right to appeal Pistorius sentence

Prosecution believes six-year sentence for killing Reeva Steenkamp is too lenient

Fri Aug 26 2016 - 11:23

Jailed athlete Oscar Pistorius treated in hospital

The Paralympic gold medallist treated for wrist injuries; denies he tired to kill himself in prison

Sun Aug 07 2016 - 10:30

Prosecutors to appeal against ‘lenient’ Oscar Pistorius sentence

South African prosecutors had sought 15 years in prison for the Olympic athlete

Thu Jul 21 2016 - 12:13

Oscar Pistorius likely to serve less than six years in jail

Ex-Paralympic athlete avoids 15-year sentence usually given in South Africa for murder

Wed Jul 06 2016 - 18:18

Oscar Pistorius verdict: Six years for murder of Reeva Steenkamp

South African athlete initially received five-year sentence for manslaughter

Wed Jul 06 2016 - 14:57

Oscar Pistorius: Reeva would want me ‘to help the less fortunate’

Athlete tells ITV he killed Reeva Steenkamp but does not want to ‘waste his life’ in jail

Thu Jun 23 2016 - 15:08

Oscar Pistorius removes prosthetic legs in leniency plea

Paralympic athlete attends third day of sentence hearing for 2013 murder of girlfriend

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 18:27

Pretoria high court hears of recent outbursts by Oscar Pistorius in prison

South African Olympic athlete is being sentenced for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00

Reeva Steenkamp’s father: ‘Pistorius must pay for crime’

Paralympic athlete attends second day of sentence hearing for murder of girlfriend

Tue Jun 14 2016 - 12:58

Pistorius sentencing: No remorse shown for murder – prosecutor

Court adjourns as psychologist says Pistorius is ‘a broken man’ who should not be jailed

Mon Jun 13 2016 - 15:33

Oscar Pistorius: the case that obsessed a nation

South Africans took time off and workplaces came to a standstill during the 2014 trial

Mon Jun 13 2016 - 12:21

Oscar Pistorius to be sentenced in June for Steenkamp murder

Former Paralympian, who remains on bail, appears briefly in South African high court

Mon Apr 18 2016 - 13:08

Testimony in Pistorius trial ‘affected’ by TV coverage

Author tells Bar Council conference coverage of case similar to that of major sporting event

Sat Apr 09 2016 - 16:51

Oscar Pistorius denied right to appeal murder conviction

South African Olympian not allowed challenge over murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Thu Mar 03 2016 - 16:44

Oscar Pistorius seeks to appeal murder conviction

Former Olympian initially convicted of 2013 manslaughter of Reeva Steenkamp

Mon Jan 11 2016 - 20:31

Susan McKay: ‘Crime of passion’ myth fails women victims

Notion of women as a commodity feeds into societal attitudes to violence against women

Tue Dec 08 2015 - 01:00

Legal struggle looms as Pistorius guilty of Steenkamp murder

Paralympian faces at least 15 years in prison after manslaughter verdict revised

Fri Dec 04 2015 - 08:02

Oscar Pistorius found guilty of murder after appeal upheld

Athlete to have sentence changed after judge upgrades conviction from ‘culpable homicide’

Thu Dec 03 2015 - 09:35

Prosecutors ask court to convict Pistorius of murder

Paralympic gold medallist freed on parole last month after serving a fifth of prison term

Tue Nov 03 2015 - 15:16

Claim Pistorius got preferential release denied

Prison authorities sneak Paralympian out of Pretoria facility in darkness to avoid media

Tue Oct 20 2015 - 21:13

Oscar Pistorius to be released into house arrest

Athlete to be given parole on October 20th, about a year into manslaughter sentence

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 14:34