South
African authorities say convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius was let out
of prison for four hours last week to attend his grandmother’s funeral.
The correctional services department said Tuesday that an elite
security unit took the former track star to the funeral Friday morning
under a compassionate leave policy for prisoners.
Department spokesman Manelisi Wolela says Pistorius, who fatally shot
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, asked to attend the funeral and was
allowed to do so because he is classified as a low risk offender.
The double-amputee Olympian is serving a six-year sentence for
murdering Steenkamp at the Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria.
Prosecutors have said the sentence is too lenient.