Reeva Steenkamp's cousin has told Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing that the athlete "needs to pay for what he has done".
Kim Martin, who is giving evidence at the High Court in Pretoria, said "everybody has suffered" since the athlete shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013.
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, what he's done to the rest of my family but also what he's done to his family."
Ms Martin, the first prosecution witness at the sentencing hearing, is speaking for the first time to the court about how the death of the model and law graduate affected her family.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said this week that anything but a prison sentence for Pistorius over the killing of Ms Steenkamp, 29, would be "shockingly inappropriate".
The 27-year-old could receive 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.
He was acquitted of murder after he said he had mistaken her for an intruder in his home.
The court heard on Tuesday that Pistorius paid 6,000 rand (£350) per month to the Steenkamps to help them with their rent and living expenses.
He also offered the family 375,000 rand (£21,305) as compensation which Mr Nel said the Steenkamps had rejected as "blood money" - and had decided to hand back the monthly payments.
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