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Jailed South African paralympic star Pistorius met victim's father

Oscar Pistorius Reeva Steenkamp South Africa Barry Steenkamp Tania Koen

FILE PHOTO: Paralympic gold medalist Oscar Pistorius walks across the courtroom without his prosthetic legs during the third day of the re-sentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, at Pretoria High Court, South Africa, June 15, 2016. Picture taken June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week met her father, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family said on Friday.

The lawyer, Tania Koen, said Pistorius took part in a process known as victim-offender dialogue - an integral part of South Africa's restorative justice programme that brings parties affected by a crime together in a bid to achieve closure.

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