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Oscar's sentence was the best we could have expected: Steenkamps

───   07:22 Wed, 22 Oct 2014

Oscar's sentence was the best we could have expected: Steenkamps | News Article

Pretoria - Reeva Steenkamp's parents Barry and June say they want to get on with their lives now that their daughter's murderer has been jailed.

Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius was handed a five year jail term yesterday after being found guilty of culpable homicide in connection with Reeva's murder on Valentines Day last year. He was also given a three year sentence, suspended for five, for discharging a firearm at Tasha's restaurant in January 2013.

In an exclusive interview with Hello magazine, the Steenkamps said they believe the sentence was the best they could have expected.

June Steenkamp said the trial has been a terrible long journey and the sentence handed to the 27-year-old Paralympian was satisfactory.

She said her family is not looking for vengeance or for Pistorius to get hurt, but they’re happy he will be punished for what he has done.

She added that while he may be released early, he may learn lessons in prison and that he cannot go around doing things like that.

Barry said he's relieved the trial is over and is looking forward to going home to his horses and the stable that he runs in Port Elizabeth.

June said she plans to carry on with her daughter’s wishes of setting up a refuge for abused women and will call it the Reeva Foundation in order to keep her memory alive.

She says she wants to help the women that her daughter wanted to rescue.
 
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