"Pistorius free to use his passport"

Murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius can travel again after the High Court in Pretoria set aside some of his bail conditions on appeal on Thursday.

"He will be allowed to use his passport to travel outside of the country," said Judge Bert Bam."I could find no reason why the appellant should be forbidden to leave the country to compete abroad," he said.

Pistorius was arrested on February 14 after his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was shot dead in his Pretoria home. He did not attend the appeal proceedings.The conditions Bam set aside were:--

that he surrender his passport to the magistrate's office (3b);

that he refrain from applying for a passport or travel documents until the case against him is concluded (3c);

that he refrain from entering the international departure hall of any airport or the departure hall of any international destination (3d);

that he submit himself to the supervision of a probation officer or correctional officer (3h);

that he not be charged with an offence relating to violence against women while on bail (3i);

that he refrain from consuming alcohol or a banned substance (3j)