Reeva Steenkamp’s father, who suffered a stroke during Oscar Pistorius’s murder trial for shooting the model, dies – as friends say: ‘He is now with his beloved Reeva’

February 14, 2013: Police arrest Olympic and Paralympic sprinter for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, ​​a 29-year-old model, who was shot four times in his Pretoria home.

February 15: Pistorius breaks down in tears as he is charged and denies murder ‘in the strongest terms’.

February 19: Pistorius claims in an affidavit that he mistook Ms Steenkamp for an intruder. He said he shot through a closed bathroom door, what prosecutors are calling “first-degree murder.”

February 21: Global sportswear manufacturer Nike suspends its sponsorship contract with the athlete.

February 22: Pistorius gets bail.

The process begins

March 3, 2014: The trial begins in Pretoria before crowds of journalists from around the world, with the testimony of a neighbor telling the court she heard “terrible screams” from a woman. Ten days later, Pistorius is forced to vomit when a photo of Ms Steenkamp’s body appears on the court’s television screens.

April 7-15: Pistorius takes the stand and begins with a tearful apology to Ms Steenkamp’s family. This is followed by five days of often intense cross-examination, marked by tears and pauses in the session. Pistorius strongly denies any intention to kill Ms Steenkamp.

June 30: After a six-week break, a panel of three psychiatrists and a psychologist concludes that Pistorius does not have a mental illness.

September 12: Judge Thokozile Masipa finds Pistorius guilty of manslaughter or manslaughter.

October 21: The judge sentences him to a maximum of five years in prison. He is taken to Pretoria prison.

Under house arrest

October 20, 2015: Pistorius is allowed to leave prison after just one year to spend the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.

December 3: The Supreme Court convicts him of murder, saying his testimony was “shaky and untrue.”

December 8: Pistorius is released on bail pending sentencing and remains under house arrest.

Pistorius was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2017 after a lengthy trial

‘Shockingly mild’ sentence

March 2, 2016: Pistorius, now 29, loses his latest attempt to appeal his murder conviction.

July 6: He is sentenced to six years in prison for murder.

August 14: South African media report Pistorius is on 24-hour suicide watch.

September 15: Prosecutors say they will ask the Supreme Court for a harsher sentence for Pistorius, after describing the six-year term as “shockingly lenient.”

November 14: Prison authorities say Pistorius has been transferred to a prison adapted for disabled prisoners, just outside Pretoria, to serve the remainder of his sentence.

Oscar Pistorius holds his head in his hands during his murder hearing at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on March 13, 2014

Prison sentence extended

November 3, 2017: The appeal court adjourns to consider its ruling after prosecutors argue Pistorius’ prison sentence is too short, while lawyers say the judge handed down a fair sentence.

November 24: The High Court in Bloemfontein more than doubles Pistorius’ sentence from six years to thirteen years and five months.

Parole Process

March 28, 2018: South Africa’s highest court rejects Pistorius’ leave to appeal, ending the long legal battle over the killing.

November 29, 2021: Prison services say Pistorius has been temporarily transferred to a detention center in the southern city of Gqeberha, formerly Port Elizabeth, as part of his parole after he became eligible for parole a few months earlier after serving half of had served his sentence. sentence.

July 1, 2022: Prison services say Pistorius has met Ms Steenkamp’s parents as part of his rehabilitation process.

March 31, 2023: A parole board is convened to decide whether the 36-year-old former athlete should be released early. He is denied parole and cannot reapply until August 2024.