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| South African athlete and convicted murderer suffered bruising after fight with another inmate over public phone | |
| Agence France-Presse in Johannesburg | |
| Tue 12 Dec 2017 09.53 GMT | |
| Last modified on Tue 12 Dec 2017 10.00 GMT | |
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| Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer, has been injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone, a South African official has said. | Oscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer, has been injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone, a South African official has said. |
| The double amputee – who is serving a 13-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp – was left with a bruise after “an altercation with another inmate” on 6 December, according to the Department of Correctional Services. | The double amputee – who is serving a 13-year jail term for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp – was left with a bruise after “an altercation with another inmate” on 6 December, according to the Department of Correctional Services. |
| “Oscar Pistorius sustained a bruise following an alleged incident with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care unit where both offenders are detained at Attridgeville correctional centre,” a spokesman, Singabakho Nxumalo, said. | “Oscar Pistorius sustained a bruise following an alleged incident with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care unit where both offenders are detained at Attridgeville correctional centre,” a spokesman, Singabakho Nxumalo, said. |
| In November 2016 Pistorius was moved to the prison north of the capital, Pretoria, which caters for inmates with physical disabilities. | In November 2016 Pistorius was moved to the prison north of the capital, Pretoria, which caters for inmates with physical disabilities. |
| He killed Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, by firing four bullets from a handgun through a closed toilet door in his luxury home in Pretoria on Valentine’s Day 2013. He claimed he had mistaken her for a burglar. | He killed Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, by firing four bullets from a handgun through a closed toilet door in his luxury home in Pretoria on Valentine’s Day 2013. He claimed he had mistaken her for a burglar. |
| Last month, the supreme court of appeal more than doubled his original sentence of six years after the state argued that it was unduly lenient. | Last month, the supreme court of appeal more than doubled his original sentence of six years after the state argued that it was unduly lenient. |
| Nxumalo said an official investigation had been launched into the incident. | Nxumalo said an official investigation had been launched into the incident. |
| There were unconfirmed reports in local media that fellow prisoners were angered by a lengthy Pistorius telephone conversation, leading to a fight. | There were unconfirmed reports in local media that fellow prisoners were angered by a lengthy Pistorius telephone conversation, leading to a fight. |
| Pistorius, 31, was originally convicted of culpable homicide – the equivalent of manslaughter – but the appeal court upgraded his conviction to murder. | Pistorius, 31, was originally convicted of culpable homicide – the equivalent of manslaughter – but the appeal court upgraded his conviction to murder. |
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