A qualified lawyer and professional model, South African Reeva Steenkamp was 29 when she was killed in the Pretoria home of her boyfriend, Olympian Oscar Pistorius.
Pistorius, who is a double-amputee Olympic sprinter, admitted shooting her, saying he mistook her for an intruder before firing four shots through the bathroom door. He pleaded not guilty to murder and after a lengthy trial last year, was convicted of culpable homicide, (which is similar to manslaughter) and jailed for five years. Reeva Steenkamp's mother, June Steenkamp has written a book about the family's ordeal and she's in New Zealand for a domestic violence speaking engagement hosted by the charity Shine.
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