Just convicted paralympics runner Oscar Pistorius is already receiving visitors in his Kgosi Mampuru II prison in Pretoria as his father, Henke, was reportedly one of the first visitors to visit his him on Saturday, October 25, 2014.
According to reports, Henke Pistorius parked his silver Toyota Prado under a tree in the prison’s parking lot, near the main entrance, for some time before the visitor’s centre opened. He was spotted with a DVD case in his hand while he stood and waited outside his car.
Henke’s daughter and Oscar’s sister, Aimee Pistorius, also arrived at the prison about an hour later with her uncle, Arnold, in his white Mercedes-Benz, Sport24 reported.
Henke was later sighted at the entrance to the centre speaking to a warder, while his daughter hugged him in greeting and they walked in together.
Reports also claim that both father and daughter came out while later as they walk back to Arnold’s car, and was spotted return with five bags.
Some couple of minutes later, Oscar’s brother Carl arrived with an unidentified female relative who also was carrying a shopping bag.
Oscar has been placed in a single cell in the Kgosi Mampuru II prison. The Area commissioner of the prison, Zebulon Monama, said that this was the case with many other prisoners whom the department of correctional services believed needed protection.
According to the judge, for the first six months of Oscar’s term in jail, he shall only entertain four visits a month of 45 minutes each over weekends, which would take place behind a thick glass partition before he would eventually qualify for contact visits, the report added.
