Oscar Pistorius Trail: "You Must Pay For Your Did".

Mrs. Reeva Steenkamp's cousin has told Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing that the athlete "must pay for his did"

Meanwhile, Mr. Kim Martin told the High Court in Pretoria "everybody has suffered" since the athlete shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013.

Making a clear appeal for Pistorius to be jailed, she said: "I feel Mr Pistorius needs to pay for what he's done for taking Reeva's life, for what he's done to my uncle and to my aunt [Ms Steenkamp's parents], what he's done to the rest of my family but also what he's done to his family."

Pistorius makes her "very fearful" but Ms Steenkamp's family is not looking for revenge, Ms Martin added.

"I've tried very hard to put him out of my mind," she said.


Pistorius, 27, could face a fine and a suspended jail sentence or up to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter in the UK.

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He was acquitted of murder last month after he said he had mistaken Ms Steenkamp, 29, for an intruder in his home.

Ms Martin, who was the first prosecution witness at the sentencing hearing, was completing her evidence to the court after speaking on Wednesday for the first time about how the death of the model and law graduate affected her family.

Another witness, Zacharia Modise, acting national director for South Africa's prison service, was later asked about the ability of the service to accommodate double amputee Pistorius if he got a custodial sentence.

He said that although some of South Africa's prisons are "very old", every region has a "facility where we are able to cater for people with disabilities".
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