Oscar is not allowed to conduct any interviews until 2029, so for now, all he can do is just smile and wave and continue sweeping church floors.
The parole board has set his release for 5 January 2024.
Whatever the outcome of Friday’s hearing, his release will still bring us no closer to the truth of what happened that fateful Valentine’s Day in 2013.
Pistorius’s release has been universally supported by his prison social worker, psychologists, unit manager and head of recreation. Quite whether the one-time hero would be accepted back into a country that watched with horrified fascination as he tried to wash his hands of any guilt is another story altogether.