JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's parole review board will meet on Sept. 18 to decide if Oscar Pistorius can be released early from prison, after being sentenced for killing his girlfriend, ENCA television reported on Thursday.
The paralympic gold medallist was due to be released and placed under house arrest last Friday after serving 10 months of a five-year sentence, but the justice minister blocked his release saying procedure had not been followed.
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