Oscar Pistorius for release on house arrest on Tuesday

Oscar Pistorius will be released on house arrest  Tuesday after spending one year in prison for shooting dead his girlfriend, but the paralympic athlete may not taste freedom for long.
On November 3, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeals will hear arguments from the State on whether the verdict against Pistorius, 28, should be changed from culpable homicide to murder, reports dpa.
Prosecutors will argue that judge Thokozile Masipa misinterpreted the law when she found that Pistorius, a double amputee who competed in the 2012 Olympic Games, had not deliberately shot dead Reeva Steenkamp.
If the supreme court of appeal rules in their favour, Pistorius could be sent back to his cell at Kgosi Mampuru II prison for a minimum of 15 years.
"The judges will have studied all of the arguments and court papers before this hearing on November 3," criminal lawyer Karen van Eck told dpa.
"They will be well versed in the case. The State and defence will be allowed to make opening statements to the court.
"After this judges will fire questions at them if they have any. This is so that they can clarify any matters that they need to."
The hearing, she said, should take no longer than three or four hours. The courts would then adjourn for a period of days, before delivering a written judgment.
It is unlikely that the matter would go any further, Van Eck said.
"It is not easy to convince the Constitutional Court to hear a case. So the matter should stop here."
The prison's parole board said the athlete would be released on the condition that he continued psychotherapy and adhered to a ban on his carrying a firearm.
Pistorius fired four shots at Reeva Steenkamp through a locked toilet door at his home in Pretoria in the early hours of Valentine's Day  2013. She died at the scene.
Pistorius claimed he thought she was a burglar. He was found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced on October 21 last year after a trial that last lasted more than seven months and attracted worldwide attention.
Steenkamp's parents believe Pistorius shot their daughter while he was in a rage and appealed to the parole board not to release him.
"As her family, we do not seek to avenge her death and we do not want Mr Pistorius to suffer," a letter from Barry and June Steenkamp to the parole board said.
"However, a person found guilty of a crime must be held accountable for their actions."
Pistorius is expected to spend his house arrest at his uncle's home in the upmarket Waterkloof suburb in Pretoria.