The mother of murdered model Reeva Steenkamp who was shot dead by boyfriend Oscar Pistorius has been rushed to hospital after suffering a stroke at her South African farm.
June Steenkamp, 78, was found collapsed on the floor at Ostara Farm near Port Elizabeth on Monday and taken to hospital where she immediately underwent a brain scan.
Her daughter Reeva, 29, was killed by Paralympics medallist Pistorius, 38, when he shot her four times through the bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
He was released in January last year from the Atteridgeville Correctional Centre into the care of his uncle Arnold Pistorius after serving nine years.
June’s daughter Simone, 59, said from her new home in the UK: ‘I spoke to mum on Sunday and she was full of laughter as usual and was just her normal funny self.
‘Then on Monday I got a text to say she had collapsed and had a stroke’.
June’s daughter added that her mother is ‘awake and in bed in hospital but is not aware of where she is or what has happened.
‘She is slowly getting better but is not with it yet.’
June Steenkamp, whose daughter was shot dead by Paraolympian Oscar Pistorius in 2013, is in hospital after suffering a stroke. June pictured in 2023 arriving at a parole hearing for Pistorius
Her daughter Reeva (pictured) was killed by Paralympics medallist Pistorius, 38, when he shot her four times through the bathroom door on Valentine’s Day in 2013.
In this Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, South African Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, right, and Reeva Steenkamp arrive for an awards ceremony in Johannesburg, South Africa
June had been on antibiotics for three months with a bladder infection before suffering from a stroke, her daughter said, and added that she had been struggling with the recent death of her husband Barry.
Simone said her mother had been in the process of selling her farm so that she could move to the UK to be with her.
‘I am just devastated because I thought at last we would both be together again and a long way away from Pistorius and all the dreadful memories of what he did to Reeva.
‘But what with her murder and then losing Barry and now mum having a stroke it seems like everything is conspiring against us while Pistorius is out there free and healthy.’
Simone also revealed that her mother is currently in a public hospital as she does not have health insurance, but said friends had launched a fundraiser to get her into a private hospital.
Paralympian Pistorius was released on parole last year after serving nine years behind bars for the murder of Reeva.
The Blade Runner, a nickname given to Pistorius due to his prosthetic legs, is now keeping a low profile at his uncle’s plush multi-million pound home in Pretoria.
Paralympian Pistorius was released on parole last year after serving nine years behind bars for the murder of Reeva. Pictured: Pistorius crosses the line to win gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Pistorius continues to claim he believed he was shooting an intruder on the night of Reeva’s murder
: Barry Steenkamp, father of Reeva Steenkamp, is consoled by his wife June Steenkamp during the sentencing hearing of Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria October 15, 2014
He continues to claim the four bullets he shot through the bathroom door were intended for a possible intruder while he was unaware that his girlfriend was in fact behind the door.
At his trial, Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide and sentenced to five years in prison.
This conviction was then overturned by South Africa’s Supreme Court in 2016 who instead found him guilty of murder and extended his sentence by a further six years.
That same year, Pistorius gave his only television interview to Mr William-Thomas.
‘I did take Reeva’s life and I have to live with that,’ Pistorius told Williams-Thomas.
‘I can smell the blood. I can feel the warmness of it on my hands. And to know that that’s your fault, that that’s what you’ve done.’
The killer, who still has not confessed to his crime, has four more years of parole and is not allowed to drink alcohol or handle guns.
He must also keep out of Pretoria and Johannesburg nightclubs and live a reflective and reclusive a life as possible.
He is visited on random days and times by parole officers from South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services who check on him to see that he is keeping out of trouble.
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