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RARE PHOTOS: Blade runner pistorius denied parole | Rare Historical Photos

Oscar Pistorius at his sentencing hearing in October 2014, when he was handed a 13-year term for killing Reeva Steenkamp. (Photo: AFP)

PRETORIA: South African Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius was refused parole on Friday after seeking early release from prison, a decade after he shot and killed his girlfriend, lawyers and authorities said.

The Department of Correctional Services said a parole board found Pistorius had not completed the minimum detention period required to be let out.

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