Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will have to continue with psychotherapy and not possess a firearm to stay out of jail when he is released next Tuesday‚ according to the conditions of the Correctional Services Parole Board.

The Correctional Services department announced on Thursday in a statement that it has decided to release the double-amputee sprinter‚ 28‚ from jail under correctional supervision.

He was sentenced in October last year to five years in prison for killing model and law graduate Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day 2013‚ after a trial that attracted global headlines.

“The parole board considered all submissions‚ including the offender’s profile report‚ the directives of the Parole Review Board and the submission of the victim’s family‚” the statement read.

 The department said the decision to release Pistorius was taken after “careful consideration” of the facts placed before the Parole Board.

Pistorius family publicist Anneliese Burgess said the family was aware of the parole board’s decision but would not be making any comments regarding the matter.

“We…simply wish to confirm the information we have received.”

The Steenkamps could not be reached for comment.

Despite his release Pistorius could find himself back in prison if an appeal by the National Prosecuting Authority succeeds at the Supreme Court of Appeal next month.

Pistorius had been due to be released from Pretoria’s Kgosi Mampuru II prison on August 21 to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest‚ but Justice Minister Michael Masutha halted his release just two days before the date and referred the case to the parole review board.

At the time‚ Masutha said the parole board had acted prematurely when it decided in June that he could be released in August.

He said the board should have made the decision only on August 21‚ when Pistorius would have served one-sixth of his five-year jail term. — TMG Courts and Law