June and Barry Steenkamp’s lawyer‚ Tania Koen‚ said on Thursday that the couple had no input on the decision by the state to appeal.
“June and Barry have always fully supported Gerrie Nel and his team’s fight for justice for Reeva‚” said Koen.
“As they have no input in the decision of the state to appeal‚ they are focusing their energy on the upcoming official media launch of The Reeva Rebecca Steenkamp Foundation on 19 August 2016‚ on what would have been Reeva’s 33rd birthday.
“Reeva was killed on the same morning she was due to deliver a speech against the abuse of woman‚ at a school in Johannesburg‚” Koen said of Valentine’s Day 2013‚ when Pistorius murdered her.
