Oscar Pistorius is rushed to hospital ‘with cuts to his wrists’: Suicide attempt ?

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Oscar Pistorius was rushed to hospital after suffering cuts to his wrists at his prison in South Africa, officials have revealed.

The Paralympian denied the injuries were a suicide attempt and claimed he had ‘fallen out of his bed’ in his cell at Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.

Pistorius, serving a six-year jail term for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, was taken to a private hospital and later returned to prison, prison officials have revealed. An investigation is underway.

‘Oscar Pistorius denied speculations of a suicide attempt. As a policy principle we cannot further discuss a particular offender’s personal condition in the public domain,’ said Manelisi Wolela, a spokesman at the Department of Correctional Services.

Another spokesman, Singabakho Nxumalo, had said earlier that Pistorius told officials he suffered injuries after falling out of bed.

He says the former track star was taken back to his Pretoria prison cell on Saturday, and that an investigation is underway.

Pistorius’ family declined to comment, referring inquiries to the correctional services department.
Last month, South African prosecutors said they would appeal Pistorius’ six-year jail sentence, saying it was too lenient.

Pistorius fatally shot Steenkamp in his home on Valentine’s Day 2013.

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The double-amputee athlete, who was sentenced on July 6, could be released on parole after three years.

The prescribed minimum sentence for murder in South Africa is 15 years, though a judge can reduce that penalty in some circumstances.

Pistorius also previously served one year in prison for manslaughter for shooting 29-year-old Steenkamp, a model and reality TV star.

That manslaughter conviction was upgraded to the more serious offense of murder after an earlier prosecution appeal, leading to a new sentencing.

After his sentencing, it emerged that Pistorius had been sent back to the same single cell in the hospital section of Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru prison.

The paralympian had already spent a year in the cell – which is regarded as being reserved for vulnerable inmates.

Manelisi Wolela, spokesman for the Department of Correctional Services, said at the time that the special accommodation was due to his disability and that the prison had never had a double amputee inmate before.

Pistorius shot Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet cubicle door in his home in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine’s Day, 2013.

Pistorius testified that he killed Steenkamp by mistake, thinking there was an intruder hiding in the bathroom. Prosecutors said he shot her intentionally after an argument.

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Source: By JULIAN ROBINSON

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