Oscar Pistorius has been granted bail at the High Court in Pretoria as he waits to be sentenced for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The athlete's initial conviction of culpable homicide (or manslaughter in other countries) was overturned last week by the Supreme Court of Appeal, after five judges unanimously ruled that Judge Thokozile Masipa had made a judgement which was "fundamentally flawed".
With the courts about to go into Christmas recess and no new sentencing date for his murder conviction set, there was confusion about what would happen to Pistorius in the meantime - and whether he would remain under house arrest at his uncle's home, in one of Pretoria's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
The runner was granted bail in March 2013, a month after he shot Reeva dead on Valentine's Day at their home, and in October this year, he was released from jail after serving 12 months of his five-year sentence behind bars.
After Pistorius' conviction was changed to murder, Reeva's mother June Steenkamp told Sky News that she felt justice had finally been done.
The 29-year-old now faces a minimum sentence of 15 years, but Ms Steenkamp said: "I really don't care how long it is, as long as he pays for what he's done and takes responsibility for what happened."
The athlete's initial conviction of culpable homicide (or manslaughter in other countries) was overturned last week by the Supreme Court of Appeal, after five judges unanimously ruled that Judge Thokozile Masipa had made a judgement which was "fundamentally flawed".
With the courts about to go into Christmas recess and no new sentencing date for his murder conviction set, there was confusion about what would happen to Pistorius in the meantime - and whether he would remain under house arrest at his uncle's home, in one of Pretoria's most exclusive neighbourhoods.
The runner was granted bail in March 2013, a month after he shot Reeva dead on Valentine's Day at their home, and in October this year, he was released from jail after serving 12 months of his five-year sentence behind bars.
After Pistorius' conviction was changed to murder, Reeva's mother June Steenkamp told Sky News that she felt justice had finally been done.
The 29-year-old now faces a minimum sentence of 15 years, but Ms Steenkamp said: "I really don't care how long it is, as long as he pays for what he's done and takes responsibility for what happened."
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