All the breaks Oscar Pistorius seemed to get during his original trial for murder now seem to have vanished in his attempt to earn parole.
A woman reported as Pistorius' cousin told reporters that the double-amputee Olympic sprinter will not be transferred to house arrest anytime soon after the South African Parole Review Board met to discuss his case Friday, News24.com reported.
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Pistorius "is not coming out now," the woman told reporters in Afrikaans, as she was living in the home of Pistorius' uncle's house. A journalist responded to her, "We don't know," to which she responded, "We know."
A decision from the Parole Review Board could take months, the Daily Mail reported.
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Pistorius, who is currently serving a five-year sentence on a culpable homicide charge in the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp in the early morning hours of Valentine's Day, 2013, originally was scheduled for release into house arrest on Aug. 21 after serving one-sixth of his sentence behind bars.
South African law allows qualified prisoners to earn parole after serving one-sixth of their sentence, which Pistorius had done as of Aug. 21.
Michael Masutha, South African Justice Minister, stepped in two days before Pistorius' scheduled release and halted his early liberation, saying the Parole Review Board's decision to grant his parole was premature.
According to Masutha, the board only could consider the "Blade Runner's" status beginning Aug. 21, a move that was contrary to the board's normal procedure, the Week UK reported. The board met on Friday but made no announcement regarding Pistorius' release.
Meanwhile, his defense team has asked the South Africa Court of Appeals to throw out the prosecution's request for an appeal, citing the country's law on double jeopardy -- that Pistorius is being tried twice for the same crime without the introduction of new evidence, The Week reported.
Defense lawyer Barry Roux also said Pistorius, whom the Daily Mail reported has not paid much of his legal fees for the first trial, cannot afford a retrial.
Pistorius' case is set to go before the court of appeals in November.
"When they meet in two months' time, Appeal Court judges could reject the appeal, convict Pistorius of murder themselves or order a retrial," the Daily Mail reported.
A murder conviction would carry a minimum sentence of 15 years.
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