*But legal expert says the athlete could expect to be free in A YEAR
Oscar
Pistorious could be freed from jail within a year, despite being
sentenced to six year's jail for murdering his girlfriend, according to a
leading defence lawyer.
The
family of Reeva Steenkamp said they would not launch an appeal over her
killer's six-year jail sentence insisting 'nothing will bring her
back'.
Fallen
superstar Pistorius was sent to jail over the murder this morning - but
could be eligible to be considered for parole after serving just half
of the sentence.
And
one leading defence lawyer, who was on the shortlist to defend
Pistorius following his arrest, said Pistorius could actually be freed
after just one year.
Mike
Hellens - who is the South African equivalent of a QC - explained that
because the judge did not specify that she had taken into account the
year he has already spent behind bars, Pistorius' lawyers could
successfully argue for that time to be deducted from the six year term
handed down, making him eligible to be considered for parole in two and a
half years.
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