Inside a luxury mansion with breathtaking views where Oscar Pistorius will live after spending the past seven and a half years in prison for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp

This is the luxury mansion with a pool, breathtaking views and state-of-the-art security that Oscar Pistorius will trade for the cramped and dingy prison cell where he has spent the past seven and a half years.

The Blade Runner will swap a small cell at Atteridgeville Correction Center for the luxury multi-million pound mansion belonging to his uncle, who has agreed to become his new ‘guardian’ as his cousin remains on parole for another five years.

Pistorius, 37, wakes up every morning in a cottage in the grounds of the house, overlooking picturesque acres of greenery and 360-degree views of Pretoria. He will also be able to take a dip in the swimming pool located in a landscaped garden.

Today, the country house in the diplomatic enclave of Waterkloof was given extra security ahead of his release and arrival tomorrow, with roadblocks being installed.

Like most mansions in the area, the terribly high walls were lined with barbed wire and batteries of security cameras.

To enter the area, drivers must scan their palms on a digital reader before an automatic barrier goes up. There are also thought to be watchdog patrols.

The three-storey mansion, which was previously a parsonage of the Dutch Reformed Church, is also guarded by private security companies and was purchased in 1992 by Arnold Pistorius and his wife Lois.

He is a successful real estate businessman and his office called Twin Towers is a few minutes from his luxurious gated home.

The affluent suburb where it is located has row after row of palatial houses. The killer’s new neighbors include CEOs of some of South Africa’s largest companies and diplomats from around the world.

The Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago is nearby, as are several top schools and beautiful churches.

The runner will have served more than half of his sentence of thirteen years and five months for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp – and can now look forward to a marked improvement in his living conditions.

The gun fanatic will be released on parole until 2029, but must adhere to a number of conditions set out by officials at Atteridgeville Correction Services.

These included taking an anger management course to help him deal with the fierce temper that prosecutors alleged at his trial led him to kill Reeva.

He is also not allowed to drink alcohol or handle weapons, and must also inform his probation officers of his whereabouts and stay with his uncle Arnold during set hours.

And Pistorius is banned from giving media interviews – which will be a financial blow as several major US talk shows hoped to include him as a star guest, which came with a hefty fee.

But perhaps most important for his long future is that the athlete must also be shadowed by supervisors when he ventures out.

MailOnline has learned that Pistorius has been told to constantly ‘look over his shoulder’ after his murder of Reeva angered the Johannesburg underworld.

And last night campaigning British journalist Mark Williams-Thomas, who is friends with Pistorius and visits him regularly, confirmed that he had been threatened during his time in prison.

Mr Williams-Thomas told us The times: “There is still a lot of anger and there are undoubtedly people who would love Oscar Pistorius’ scalp.”

He added that Pistorius was “never put on a pedestal in prison, on the contrary”

The athlete was injured by another inmate during a fight over a phone seven years ago.

And a year before that, he needed treatment for injuries to his wrists.

Pistorius is said to have become paranoid during his time in prison.

Fearing that his meals would be poisoned on the orders of his underworld tormentors, he is said to have started eating food straight from the can so that he could be sure it had not been tampered with.

And he also tried to protect himself by playing the hard man himself and got involved in fights and associated with well-known gangsters.

He is also said to have decided to start smoking – he is now a chain smoker – as a conscious choice to look more like fellow prisoners and not a top athlete.

His paranoia began when two underworld figures publicly threatened Pistoius by appearing in the public gallery during his trial.

One of those hard men, former professional footballer Marc Batchelor, has now been shot dead in a gangland-style hit in Johannesburg. He met Reeva on the city’s party circuit.

The other was convicted murderer Mikey Schultz, who committed a contract killing.

While on bail and before going to jail, he became paranoid about assassins targeting him, staying away from windows and keeping them closed when in a building for fear of a gunshot wound. killer.

Pistorius’ successful bid to compete in the 2012 London Olympics made him a huge star in America and a poster boy for the Paralympians.

The Blade Runner may be taking a mundane job to fill his parole and the deeply religious man’s idea of ​​being a preacher has also been floated.