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By Zelda Venter 
6h ago
Pretoria – It has been reported in international media that Oscar Pistorius recently told his former director Bill Schroder that all he wanted was forgiveness from the Steenkamp family for killing his daughter Reeva.
But his father, Henke Pistorius, said his son had asked for forgiveness from the beginning.
According to the UK’s Sun on Sunday, Pistorius told Schroder during a recent visit to the prison that he desperately wanted to tell June and Barry Steenkamp how sorry he was.
When asked by the Pretoria News if he was aware of this wish, as reported in the international media, Pistorius sr said that he had only heard of it.
“Oscar already, from the beginning and over and over again, asked for forgiveness. He told the first witness who came on the scene how sorry he was. “He apologized to everyone and said that he would work for the Lord for the rest of his life if Reeva’s life could be saved.”
Henke said he had not seen his son recently in Atteridgeville jail, where he is serving his sentence, as Covid-19 restrictions made it difficult. But she said that during the times she had visited her son, she repeatedly said, “I’m sorry, Dad.
“He has asked for forgiveness so many times. This thing is torturing him, ”said the father.
Tania Koen, an attorney for the Steenkamps, said June and Barry Steenkamp did not want to comment on claims that the disgraced athlete wanted their forgiveness for killing their only daughter.
Reeva’s cousin, Kim Martin, could not be reached for comment, but her husband, who answered her phone, said the family had left all of this behind and they did not want to comment further.
Pistorius is serving a 13-year, five-month prison sentence for the murder of the then-model in 2013 on Valentine’s Day.
The former Olympic champion and double amputee fired four shots in the bathroom stall at his home east of Pretoria, killing Reeva who was behind the door at the time.
He never denied that he fired the shots, but maintained that he mistook her for an intruder.
Meanwhile, his father said he believed his famous son still had about two more years to serve in prison before he could be considered for parole.
Pretoria News
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