Reeva’s mother’s new book describes the day the Steenkamps died

Prosecutors have won their right to appeal against Oscar Pistorius’ culpable homicide conviction, for shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, but life has lost its meaning for her stricken parents, June and Barry, says Hannah Stephenson

JUNE Steenkamp sees feathers everywhere — and believes they are a sign that her daughter, Reeva, who was shot dead by Paralympian Oscar Pistorius, is looking over her.

“Reeva had a thing about feathers; she loved their delicacy and beauty. I started to notice little white feathers and I’d think, ‘she’s here’. I’m sure there are lots of things you cling to in grief, as signs that the person you have lost has not really gone away, and it makes me feel better to believe that her spirit is still with us.”