Pistorius faces parole board seven years after murder sentence

Former South Africa paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will ask a parole board on Friday to release him early from prison, lawyers and prison officials said. Steenkamp's family oppose his bid and will give verbal and written statements at the hearing on the impact the murder had on them, their lawyer Tania Koen told Reuters. "June is not looking forward to it, but doing it for Reeva," Koen said on Thursday, referring to Reeva's mother June Steenkamp. Pistorius, behind bars for almost...