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Oscar Pistorius wins appeal against bail conditions Oscar Pistorius wins travel right after bail challenge
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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who is charged with murdering his girlfriend, will be allowed to travel after successfully challenging the terms of his bail. South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, charged with murdering his girlfriend, will be allowed to travel after challenging his bail terms.
His lawyers argued that the Olympic and Paralympics star should be allowed to return to his home and to travel. A judge said the Olympic and Paralympic star would be allowed to leave South Africa to compete as long as he complies with certain conditions.
Mr Pistorius also sought an end to supervision by a probation officer and compulsory drug and alcohol testing. He will also be allowed to return to his home in Pretoria, where Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed.
He denies murdering Reeva Steenkamp at his home in Pretoria last month. He denies murdering the 29-year-old, saying he mistook her for an intruder.
He says he shot her when he mistook her for an intruder. In the hearing at Pretoria's High Court, Mr Pistorius also sought an end to supervision by a probation officer and compulsory drug and alcohol testing.
The state opposed the application, which was heard at the High Court in Pretoria. The state opposed the application. Mr Pistorius, 26, was not in court for the hearing.
Mr Pistorius's lawyer, Kenny Oldwage, said his client did not need to be in court for this hearing. Seeking income
The bail conditions were imposed by Magistrate Desmond Nair on 22 February - including restrictions on him travelling abroad. The bail conditions were imposed by Magistrate Desmond Nair on 22 February - including the travel restrictions.
Mr Pistorius, 26, was ordered to hand over his two South African passports, avoid his home in Pretoria and all witnesses in the case, report to a police station twice a week and to abstain from drinking alcohol. Mr Pistorius was originally ordered to hand over his two South African passports, avoid his home in Pretoria and all witnesses in the case, report to a police station twice a week and to abstain from drinking alcohol.
In the papers before the court on Thursday his lawyers argued that he should be allowed to travel if he is granted permission by the case investigation officer. But they were relaxed but Judge Bert Bam, who described the decision not to grant Mr Pistorius permission to travel as "wrong".
Defence lawyer Barry Roux said the bail conditions amounted to "house arrest".
"Why would this athlete go to a country without extradition and go and hide," he asked the court.
"It is not as if the appellant is travelling for holiday in Mauritius; it's only to gain an income, there's no other reason."
Reports said the athlete had not yet resumed training and had no current plans to compete internationally.
In an unrelated case, the athlete's brother, Carl Pistorius, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with the culpable homicide of a female motorcyclist in a 2008 road crash. He pleaded not guilty and is due to appear in court again next week.In an unrelated case, the athlete's brother, Carl Pistorius, appeared in court on Wednesday charged with the culpable homicide of a female motorcyclist in a 2008 road crash. He pleaded not guilty and is due to appear in court again next week.