The prayers of Oscar Pistorius’ family appear to have been heard as a South African court released him on bail.
The Olympic and Paralympic star was unmoved as a judge ruled he was too famous to flee from the charge of murdering his girlfriend.
Nonetheless he set bail at 1 million rand (85,000 euros).
The decision follows a week of dramatic testimony about how Pistorius shot dead model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp at his luxury home near Pretoria in the early hours of Valentine’s Day.
Under the terms of his bail, Pistorius, 26, was also ordered to hand over firearms and