The parents of Reeva Steenkamp today backed calls for Shrien Dewani to give evidence over the murder of Anni Dewani - supporting her parents' campaign to ensure the case is not dismissed. Barry and June Steenkamp urged the judge to make the accused face justice on Monday, and offered their condolences to Vinod and Nilam Hindocha whose daughter, like Reeva, was shot dead in South Africa. Mr Steenkamp and Mr Hindocha spoke on the telephone from Port Elizabeth and Cape Town and discussed the similarities in their cases. Both their daughters, who were in their twenties, were gunned down with their partners accused of their murders in incidents which shocked South Africa and threw the country's record of gun violence into the spotlight.
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June and Barry Steenkamp want Dewani to face full trial for murder
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They offer support during emotional  call with Anni's grieving parents
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Barry Steenkamp: 'We are in the same boat as Anni's family'
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Both shootings shocked South Africa and exposed gun crime epidemic
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Dewani decision is due Monday with Pistorius case reopening 24 hours later
Anni Dewani's husband @placeholder is facing trial for her murder