WATCH: Why Oscar Pistorius and his father barely speak

Convicted murderer Oscar Pistorius’ father has revealed that he has fallen out with his son because the Paralympian has ‘accepted’ his conviction for the death of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

The 38-year-old double amputee, dubbed ‘Blade Runner’ for the prosthetics he used to compete in the Olympics and Paralympics, served nine years behind bars for shooting Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013.

Pistorius claimed he woke in the early hours thinking a burglar was breaking in, and was unaware Steenkamp was in the bathroom.

‘Full of fear;

In an interview with UK talk show host Piers Morgan Uncensored last week, Pistorius’s father, Henke, said he believes the Paralympian was ‘full of fear’ during his trial and accepted his prison sentence.

Henke claims that Pistorius was “failed” by the justice system.

“He was forced to just accept that he’s guilty and that he’s a murderer, which is such a pathetic insult to the law in South Africa. But that is what happened, and he’s been hurt and broken, and that’s what he believes now”.

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"I'm already in trouble with Oscar as I'm sitting here as I've said too much."

Henke Pistorius says his son has been "hurt and broken" into believing he is guilty of murder – but "the facts say something totally different."

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— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) May 29, 2025

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Oscar’s story

Asked about what he thought happened, Henke said Oscar will have a story to tell.

“Oscar will one day tell his story. He is at the moment I am sure very sad and very sorry about what had happened. I can’t speak for him, he will speak for himself

“But, what happened is not what came out in court, and I am one of hundreds of people who will say that this case will stand as a very negative example of the jurisdiction of justice in South Africa. But, I am already in trouble with Oscar as I’m sitting here and said too much,” Henke said.

Race?

Asked about whether race played a role in the trial and if he was in any way a racist, Henke said his opinion has “nothing to do with racism.”

”What my opinion is has nothing to do with racists. It’s got to do with very poor judicial representation, number one, incompetent. And number two, of dishonest behaviour of the state prosecutor… Oscar is just now in a stage where he’s on parole, and he doesn’t agree with me at all.

“In fact, he wouldn’t talk to me about it because he disagrees with me. I just think that he will feel later, to walk away after parole as a person guilty of manslaughter versus a person guilty of murder, two vastly big things, and Oscar is not guilty of murder,” Henke said.

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State got it wrong

Henke claims that he had spoken to several judges about Oscar’s case, adding that the state could not prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the Paralympian wanted to kill Steenkamp.

“The firearm was part of the evidence in court. There were thirteen bullets left after Oscar used four. Why would he only use four if he wanted to kill her? It shows you the state couldn’t prove murder beyond a reasonable doubt”.

Prison sentence

Oscar opened fire on Steenkamp while she was standing behind his locked bathroom door, killing her instantly with special ‘dum dum’ bullets – but Reeva’s family have always claimed it was intentional.

Pistorius was initially sentenced to six years in jail in 2016 by North Gauteng High Court Judge Thokozile Masipa. That sentence was later overturned by the SCA in 2017 and increased to an effective 13 years and five months.

Henke admitted that his refusal to accept Oscar’s guilt has caused a rift between the two.

“Oscar is out on parole now. He knows how I feel. He thinks he’s guilty of murder. That’s why we’re stuck. He doesn’t want to talk to me about this. Oscar is not guilty of murder. We last spoke at the beginning of the year”

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— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) May 29, 2025

Parole

While Pistorius is effectively a free man, he was assigned a monitoring correctional services official to work with him until his sentence expires in 2029, and he cannot move out of the Waterkloof area without notifying correctional services.

Pistorius swapped his adapted cell for his very own fortified “Oscar cottage” on his property tycoon uncle’s sprawling estate, which boasts a R47 million mega mansion, which, coincidentally, is a remodelled rectory of a former Dutch Reformed Church.

New love

In October last year, the Steenkamp family’s lawyer, Tania Koen, told The Citizen the family’s view has always been that Pistorius had the same rights as any other offender.

In December last year, The Citizen reported that Oscar found new love, just months after being released from prison on parole.

Oscar, who lives with his uncle in Pretoria, has apparently started a relationship with a business management consultant and a long-term family friend from Wakkerstroom in Mpumalanga.

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