"Oscar should get 3 years house arrest "social worker

01 Feb 2016 | Admin Author

Oscar Pistorius is a candidate for correctional supervision after being convicted of culpable homicide, the High Court in
Pretoria heard on Monday.

"His [Pistorius's] behaviour could be successfully modified within the community context," social worker for the correctional services department Mashaba Joel Maringa said.

"It is recommended that the honourable court should consider correctional supervision..."

He said Pistorius should be sentenced to three years of correctional supervision.

The defence asked Maringa to compile a report on Pistorius.

Maringa said some of the conditions proposed are that Pistorius should be placed under house arrest with due conditions. The house
arrest should be re-adjusted after a portion of the sentence was served.

"It is recommended that the accused should perform community service for 16 hours in a month."

Community service would be general work and Pistorius should be moved to general domestic work at a later stage, said Maringa.

Pistorius should be allowed to go to work, go to home and not allowed to travel unless he arranged it previously.

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