Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius is serving his six-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a single hospital prison cell, an official has said. Another official who refused to be named said one of Oscar’s prison conditions is that he must have sexual intercourse once every 30 days.
“This is because of an unnamed condition,” the official said.
The disgraced paralympian is in the same cell in Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru prison he was previously incarcerated for one year. Manelisi Wolela, spokesperson for the Department of Correctional Services, said the special accommodation was due to his disability and that the prison had never had a double amputee inmate before.
“He is in the same facility in the hospital section of the Pretoria prison,” Wolela told AFP.
Wolela said the hospital wing of the prison had a number of other prisoners, some of whom are sick or disabled.
“If you expose them to communal normal cells, they will be vulnerable,” he said.
Pistorius, 29, began his sentence on Wednesday last week after he had his conviction of manslaughter was last year upgraded to murder for shooting dead Reeva three years ago.
His lawyers said he won’t appeal the sentence, which is just one year longer than his earlier jail term. He is eligible for parole after serving between half to two-thirds of his sentence.
The sex benefit has been met with condemnations from people and some say he is simply receiving special treatment.
