The 2014 trial attracted intense worldwide attention, but none more so than in South Africa where Pistorius had been considered by many to be a national hero. That the film has sensationalised Steenkamp’s murder isn’t a complete shock (Reeva’s sister called the film “a money-making exercise”) but the major bone of contention for her family is the way the story has been told.

A representative said: “They are horrified and upset to read a report that ‘the movie is told from Steenkamp and her mother’s perspective’. June Steenkamp was not approached by Lifetime to participate, comment or be part of the making of the film, and did not give the producers any assistance. Any impression that is created that this is June’s view, or that the movie is endorsed by the Steenkamp family, is untrue and incorrect.”

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Reeva Steenkamp’s family outraged over new Oscar Pistorius film