Jailed South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has sent an ’emotionally distressing’ letter to the parents of his murdered girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a bid to be freed on parole.
Pistorius, 34, has been eligible for parole since July after he was convicted of murder for shooting model Ms. Steenkamp multiple times through a toilet door at his home in Pretoria, South Africa, on Valentine’s Day 2013.
The Paralympic gold medalist sent her parents June and Barry Steenkamp a letter as part of South Africa’s ‘restorative justice’ parole process whereby prisoners must take responsibility for their actions.