South African athlete and convicted murderer suffered bruising after fight with another inmate over public phoneOscar Pistorius, the former Paralympic champion and convicted murderer, has been injured in a prison brawl over the use of a public phone, a South African official has said. “Oscar Pistorius sustained a bruise following an alleged incident with another inmate over the use of a public phone in the special care unit where both offenders are detained at Attridgeville correctional centre,” a spokesman, Singabakho Nxumalo, said. In November 2016 Pistorius was moved to the prison north of the capital, Pretoria, which caters for inmates with physical disabilities. There were unconfirmed reports in local media that fellow prisoners were angered by a lengthy Pistorius telephone conversation, leading to a fight. Pistorius, 31, was originally convicted of culpable homicide – the equivalent of manslaughter – but the appeal court upgraded his conviction to murder.

Source: The Guardian December 12, 2017 09:45 UTC