June and Barry Steenkamp, Reeva Steenkamp’s parents want Dewani to face full trial for murder.
Barry and June Steenkamp urged the judge to make the accused face justice on Monday, and offered their condolences to Vinod and Nilam Hindocha whose daughter, like Reeva, was shot dead in South Africa.
The parents of Reeva Steenkamp today backed calls for Shrien Dewani to give evidence over the murder of Anni Dewani – supporting her parents’ campaign to ensure the case is not dismissed.
Both their daughters, who were in their twenties, were gunned down with their partners accused of their murders in incidents which shocked South Africa and threw the country’s record of gun violence into the spotlight.
These two cases has put the South African legal system under huge scrutiny.
Reeva was shot dead by athlete Oscar Pistorius, He was cleared of murder, but found guilty of culpable homicide and given a five-year prison sentence after he claimed he mistook Reeva for an intruder as they slept.
Shrien Dewani is on trial for murdering Anni who was killed by a single bullet to the neck with her husband accused of masterminding and staging the shooting to look like a robbery.
The Western Cape Court will decide on Monday whether the Bristol millionaire businessman can walk free with no case to answer or whether his trial must continue.
He has applied for the charge against him to be dismissed claiming the prosecution have no evidence against him and he should not need to offer any defense.
Mr Steenkamp confirmed to MailOnline that he and his wife are supporting Anni’s parents in their bid to get the judge to continue the case and have offered their sympathy.