Disgraced athlete demands king's treatment in jail

joan

August 21, 2015 4:17 PM

A private bath his cell, a more comfortable bed and his own cooked meals are some the diva demands Oscar Pistorius is asking for to make his 5-years cozier behind bars

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, in this file picture taken March 4, 2014. REUTERS/Antoine de Ras/Pool /Files

Oscar Pistorius' diva demands in jail will blow your minds.

New reports claim the shamed paralympian is demanding to be treated as a king - as a leading South Africa lawyer warned he could be behind bars for years following the last minute decision not to release him earlyfrom his sentence for killing girlfriend, .

Sources say Pistorius did not only have a bath installed in his prison cell but was also given a new bed after he complained the old one was uncomfortable.

According to South Africa's Judicial Inspectorate, the disgraced athlete has also been allowed to cook his own meals in Kgosi Mampuru II jail because he is paranoid that someone will try to poison him.

Pistorious' outrageous jail demands comes after he was told on Wednesday [August 19] that he won't be released from prison after serving one sixth of his 5-year-jail sentence.

South African Minister of Justice, Michael Masutha said he had decided to stop his release, saying the decision was "premature".

Pistorius now faces legal battles on two fronts – a review of the decision to free him into house arrest, and a bid by prosecutors to have him convicted of murder which was launched this week.

An experienced defence barrister, William Booth, said the paralympian ‘could sit in jail for a very long time’ unless his lawyers brought an emergency application to have his parole case heard soon. An appeal to overturn his manslaughter conviction could be decided even before the board reviewing his parole makes its decision.

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