{"id":1161,"date":"2013-03-29T15:43:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/joburg-pistorius-wins-appeal\/"},"modified":"2013-03-29T15:43:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T15:43:38","slug":"joburg-pistorius-wins-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/joburg-pistorius-wins-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Jo\u2019burg: Pistorius Wins Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/strong>A South African Judge has eased the bail restrictions on Paralympic Athlete, Oscar Pistorius, who faces a murder trial for the shooting of his girlfriend.<\/p>\n

He can now travel overseas to compete in International Competitions.<\/p>\n

The International Athletics Body, IAAF, says it pistorius qualifies for this year\u2019s World Championships; it will have no objections to him participating.<\/p>\n

Pistorius Agent told Newsmen soon after the court ruling that the World Championships in Moscow in August could be a possibility if the runner wants to return to the track on his carbon fibre blades.<\/p>\n

Judge Bert Bram upheld the Olympic Athlete\u2019s appeal ag ainst some of his bail restrictions, but said the twenty-six year old must travel under certain conditions.<\/p>\n

The athlete could face a life sentence if found guilty of murder for the Valentine day\u2019s shooting to death of Reeva Steenkamp.<\/p>\n

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