Pistorius up for parole, but he must meet victim's parents

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Eight years aft Oscar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, the Olympic runner up for parole.

However, helium indispensable archetypal conscionable with her parents, which is portion of the parole procedure.

A parole proceeding for Oscar Pistorius was scheduled for past period and past canceled.

The cancelation was partially due to the fact that a gathering betwixt Pistorius and the parents of Reeva Steenkamp was not arranged.

Steenkamp's household is unfastened to a gathering with Pistorius arsenic portion of the restorative justness process, according to the BBC.

"June (Reeva's mother) has ever said that she has forgiven Oscar, nevertheless that doesn't mean that helium mustn't wage for what helium has done... Barry (Reeva's father) battles with that a bit, but that is thing helium volition person to dependable astatine the due time," Tania Koen, lawyer for the Steenkamp's, told the BBC.

Pistorius was convicted of execution successful 2015 for shooting Steenkamp. Pistorius claimed helium mistook Steenkamp for a burglar.