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The Paralympic gold medalist was freed on parole less than a
year into a five-year sentence for the "culpable homicide" of
his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who he killed on Valentine's Day
in 2013.
State prosecutors have appealed the High Court's decision to
sentence Pistorius for a lesser offense, calling on the Supreme
Court to convict him of murder and send him back to jail.
Murder has a minimum 15-year sentence.
A video on a local news site, News24, showed Pistorius - in his
first public appearance since his release - arriving at the
Garsfontein police station in Pretoria and walking past
reporters and photographers who were waiting outside the
station.
He didn't respond to a question from one of the reporters asking
how he was doing.
Pistorius, dubbed "Blade Runner" because of the carbon fiber
prosthetic blades he uses to compete, was freed from prison in
line with sentencing guidelines that say non-dangerous prisoners
should spend only a sixth of a custodial sentence behind bars.
(Writing by Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo; Editing by Digby Lidstone)
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