Oscar Pistorius will remain under house arrest pending his sentencing for his murder conviction, after a South African judge granted bail to the Olympic athlete on Tuesday.

SOUNDBITE (English): Judge Aubrey Ledwaba:

"Having considered all the submissions that were made by both counsel, I make the following order. The case is postponed to the 18th of April 2016, the applicant is released on bail of 10-thousand Rand (685 US dollars), and the amount of bail to be paid on or before the 11th of December, 2015, before 16 hours, at the office of the registrar of this court. Further conditions are the following: One, the accused should appear at 9 o' clock at this court on the postponement date and every other date that this matter may be postponed to. Two, that the accused submit to the house arrest and may leave the house between 7 o'clock in the morning and 12 o'clock midday, and is only allowed to travel within the radius of 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) from the house, being house number 230 Lawley Street, Waterkloof, Pretoria in the district of Gauteng."