COLD KILLER
I met Oscar Pistorius in jail after he murdered my daughter – I was stunned by his response, says Reeva Steenkamp’s dad
THE heartbroken dad of Oscar Pistorius' victim said he cut a meeting with him in prison short as he "didn't get the answers" he wanted.
Shamed athlete Pistorius, 36, was convicted of murdering 29-year-old Reeva Steenkamp in 2015 and sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison.
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But the killer could be freed next month as he is eligible for parole under South African law after serving half his sentence.
In order to qualify for release, prisoners must “acknowledge and take responsibility for their actions”.
As part of the process, Reeva's dad Barry Steenkamp, 80, agreed to speak face-to-face with Pistorius as he wanted to challenge him on why he shot his model daughter.
But the grieving dad said he left the meeting early after Pistorius failed to "tell the truth".
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Mr Steenkamp told Good Morning Britain: "When I went to the VOD [victim-offender dialogue] and met Oscar I asked him certain questions.
"All June and I wanted to know was the truth - what we feel was the truth that he actually killed her because of anger.
"I didn't get the answers that I wanted. So it didn't take me long, it could've taken the whole day but it was shortened by me stating that we aren't getting the answers we want.
"Only Oscar knows the true story."
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June, Reeva's mum, said she chose to not join the meeting fearing what "she might do" and instead wrote him a letter.
The 76-year-old told GMB: "It [the VOD] was very stressful for Barry.
"I wrote a letter to him because I was actually afraid of what I would do if I went there.
"A person was there to read what I wrote to him that he'd taken the most precious thing we'd got from God and all the things he'd taken away from me - a grandchild, Reeva's wedding."
Despite not being satisfied with his conversation with Pistorius, Mr Steenkamp said "everyone is entitled to parole at a certain time".
He said: "If he's due for parole, let the law take its course so long it's all done legally.
"I'm not against the parole taking its course.
"Closer to the time, then we will most probably think differently of the whole situation. I don't know."
Pistorius was initially found guilty of culpable homicide - an offence comparable to manslaughter - for killing Reeva.
He claimed at his trial it was a tragic accident and he mistook her for a dangerous intruder.
But prosecutors appealed the manslaughter finding and secured a murder conviction.
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Pistorius was sentenced to six years in jail for murder but prosecutors again appealed what they called a shockingly light punishment for murder.
The Supreme Court of Appeal then more than doubled his sentence in 2017.
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