Former Paralympic Athlete

In a move that appeared calculated to elicit sympathy and a lighter sentence, convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius removed his prosthetic legs and hobbled across a courtroom on his stumps on Wednesday. The double-amputee and former Paralympic athlete - once known as "the fastest man on no legs" - walked without his prosthetics in an apparent bid to u...

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was released on bail after his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his lawyers said they would launch an appeal to South Africa's constitutional court.

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius left prison on Monday after spending a year behind bars for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013 in the South African capital Pretoria.

In a move that appeared calculated to elicit sympathy and a lighter sentence, convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius removed his prosthetic legs and hobbled across a courtroom on his stumps on Wednesday. The double-amputee and former Paralympic athlete - once known as "the fastest man on no legs" - walked without his prosthetics in an apparent bid to u...

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was released on bail after his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his lawyers said they would launch an appeal to South Africa's constitutional court.

Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius left prison on Monday after spending a year behind bars for shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013 in the South African capital Pretoria.