<p>Oscar Pistorius, serving a five-year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend, received a long visit from his brother and sister for his 28th birthday that may have bent the rules of his incarceration, a South African newspaper reported today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Carl and Aimee Pistorius were able to visit the double-amputee track star for nearly two hours yesterday morning at Pretoria's central prison, the Sunday Times reported.<br /><br />Pistorius is technically allowed five hour-long visits per month, the paper said.His siblings also brought balloons, gifts and a birthday cake bought outside the prison, which would usually not be allowed, the paper said, while their vehicles did not appear to have been searched.<br /><br />Prison services spokesman Logan Maistry told the paper that Pistorius had not been receiving special treatment, but that an investigation would be opened to look into the allegations.<br /><br />Because of his physical disability, Pistorius, sentenced in October, is being held in the prison's hospital ward.<br /><br />The fallen Paralympian gold medallist shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his upmarket home in Pretoria in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013.<br /><br />He said he shot the 29-year-old model four times through a locked bathroom door because he thought she was an intruder. He was found guilty of culpable homicide, escaping a harsher murder conviction.<br /><br />Prosecutors are appealing his prison term, which they have called "shockingly light". Under South African law the double-amputee could serve just 10 months in jail.<br /><br />The application for appeal is set for December 9.</p>
<p>Oscar Pistorius, serving a five-year prison sentence for killing his girlfriend, received a long visit from his brother and sister for his 28th birthday that may have bent the rules of his incarceration, a South African newspaper reported today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Carl and Aimee Pistorius were able to visit the double-amputee track star for nearly two hours yesterday morning at Pretoria's central prison, the Sunday Times reported.<br /><br />Pistorius is technically allowed five hour-long visits per month, the paper said.His siblings also brought balloons, gifts and a birthday cake bought outside the prison, which would usually not be allowed, the paper said, while their vehicles did not appear to have been searched.<br /><br />Prison services spokesman Logan Maistry told the paper that Pistorius had not been receiving special treatment, but that an investigation would be opened to look into the allegations.<br /><br />Because of his physical disability, Pistorius, sentenced in October, is being held in the prison's hospital ward.<br /><br />The fallen Paralympian gold medallist shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at his upmarket home in Pretoria in the early hours of Valentine's Day in 2013.<br /><br />He said he shot the 29-year-old model four times through a locked bathroom door because he thought she was an intruder. He was found guilty of culpable homicide, escaping a harsher murder conviction.<br /><br />Prosecutors are appealing his prison term, which they have called "shockingly light". Under South African law the double-amputee could serve just 10 months in jail.<br /><br />The application for appeal is set for December 9.</p>