Cape Town - The parents of slain model Reeva Steenkamp believe her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius got away with murder.
On Sunday night, Reeva’s parents June and Barry Steenkamp appeared on an Australian TV programme to talk about their grief and belief that Pistorius shot her in anger after an argument.
Their interview with Sunday Night comes just days after Reeva’s 32nd birthday last Wednesday and the halting of Pistorius’s release on parole by Justice Minister Michael Masutha for review.
Pistorius is serving a five-year prison term at the Kgosi Mampuru II prison for shooting Reeva dead through a locked bathroom door on February, 14, 2013.
The 28-year-old’s conviction on culpable homicide is being appealed by the National Prosecuting Authority, with a hearing set for November.
In the interview, Reeva’s father claimed his model daughter wanted to leave the paralympian.
“Her bag was packed that night [she was killed],” Barry told Sunday Night.
“What came out in court is not the truth, we know what we heard there is not right.
“He got angry, she went off to the toilet, locked herself inside, and then… him pulling out the gun and shooting.
“When he realised that had happened, then he couldn’t stop and he had to carry on until it was finished.”
June said were she to see him again, she would want him to know that he ruined their lives.
“I would say, ‘All I want you to realise is that you have ruined our lives. You have taken her life, her possible marriage or having a baby. Our grandchild...’ I just want to say that,” she said.
June also recalled the only conversation she had with Pistorius where she threatened to kill him if he ever hurt Reeva.
This was after Reeva called her scared for her life because Pistorius was driving at 200km/h.
“[I said] if you hurt my baby I will have you killed,” she said.
Daily Voice