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JAILED PARALYMPIAN OSCAR Pistorius was taken to hospital for overnight observation, an official said, as local media reported he was suffering chest pains.
Pistorius, 30, is serving a six-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, in his Pretoria house in 2013.
The ‘Blade Runner’, as he was known, has always maintained that he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder when he fired four high-calibre bullets through a locked toilet cubicle.
“This morning he went for a medical examination and he was scheduled to return back, but he will now be kept overnight for observation,” Logan Maistry, spokesman for the department of correctional services, told AFP.
Maistry added that the department would not release details on Pistorius’s medical condition.
The News24 website said Pistorius was taken from Atteridgeville prison in Pretoria to hospital in an ambulance after complaining of chest pains.
The year before he killed Steenkamp, Pistorius became the first double-amputee to race at Olympic level when he appeared at the London 2012 games.
While on parole he gave a television interview saying that an “instant fear” drove him to open fire.
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Nothing compared to what Reeva went through. ..
Who cares.
Did the snooker cue hit a lung?
@Dj: LMAO…..
@Dj: ?, dont get it :(
He said he had shin splints first but they weren’t buying it.
@denis daly:
LOL
Deserved of an Oscar
Get well soon Oscar.
I wonder if his chest pain is as severe has what caused Reeva when he murdered her.
Oscar Pissoffforus
I wonder was it anything like the pain his poor Mrs felt when he shot her. If so, good. If not, pity. Would be a fitting end for him.
Awww the poor little fella.
Was playing with an anagram generator earlier on and when I put in Oscar Pistorius heart the best I could do was “authorities scar pro “
I heard someone attacked him through the door of the toilet cubicle….. the Irony….:)
Why even bother ? This isn’t worthy news .
Hopefully they get him back on his fee……..
@Alan Tully: he seems to have lost the spring in his step a bit lately….
Nothing trivial I hope.
imagine the pain…like a bullet. poor lad
Probably the most heartwarming story I’ve read in a while. I recommend a quick dose of a pair of pliers and a blowtorch…
he should be out soon no?
In fairness he hasn’t a leg to stand on.
Great; some good news for a change
Mustn’t feed the trolls. So many on here.
Fake news it’s not chest pains . He did his cruciate ffs
Coward ! Sniffling murderer !! Boo- hoo, the world hates me, fess up Oscar, do your limited time ! Heart my a**e, ! He’s a Munchousen sycophant!!
@Brendan T. M. P. Bur: Okay, Doctor.
Shin splints.
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