ADVERTISEMENTReeva Steenkamp’s family said she “can now rest in peace” after a South African court on Friday more than doubled Olympian and Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ sentence for killing her. The slain model’s parents, Barry and June, were “emotional” as they watched Judge Willie Seriti of the Supreme Court of Appeal deliver the court’s ruling live on television, family lawyer Tania Koen told The Associated Press. The fact is they still live with Reeva’s loss every day.”Deaan Vivier/Foto24 via Getty Images The parents of Reeva Steenkamp arrive at court for Oscar Pistorius' original sentencing for murder on July 6, 2016. Pistorius was initially sentenced to six years for killing Steenkamp, his 29-year-old girlfriend, on Valentine’s Day 2013 in Pretoria, South Africa. On Friday, the Supreme Court of Appeal lengthened the sentence to 13 years and five months after a panel of judges unanimously agreed to uphold the prosecutors’ appeal of the six-year sentence.

Source: Huffington Post November 24, 2017 15:11 UTC