In 2014 who was accused of killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in South Africa?
Reeva Steenkamp life titled "Reeva: The Model You Thought You Knew". On 12 September 2014, SABC 3 broadcast an episode of "Special Assignment" titled "Oscar Pistorius: The Verdict". The programme highlighted the missing white woman syndrome media phenomenon in South Africa, given the disproportionate coverage of the trial and the Leigh Matthews murder trial with the coverage relating to the deaths of the black women Zanele Khumalo and Betty Ketani in similar circumstances and time. Reeva Steenkamp Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp (; 19 August 1983 – 14 February 2013) was a South African model. On Valentine's Day 2013, Steenkamp was shot dead by
Reeva Steenkamp June 2016 and concluding arguments were made on 15 June 2016. He was sentenced to 6 years in prison on 6 July 2016, despite the minimum sentence for murder in South Africa being 15 years. On appeal by the state for a longer prison sentence, the Supreme Court of Appeal extended Pistorius's prison term to 13 years and five months. Steenkamp was born in Cape Town, to parents Barry Steenkamp, a horse trainer, and his second wife, June (née Marshall, previously Cowburn), who was born in Blackburn, England. She had two older half-siblings from her father and mother's respective previous