O J Simpson could be released from prison by October this year after spending nearly a decade behind bars.

The former NFL star will be up for parole in July, although a date for the hearing has not yet been set.

Simpson was sentenced to 33 years in prison in 2008 for a casino robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas that involved two sports memorabilia dealers.

The disgraced ex-footballer was nabbed in the case after being acquitted in 1994 of the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown-Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in what was described as the ‘trial of the century.’