Reeva Steenkamp's mother has told Sky News she hopes an appeal process over Oscar Pistorius' jail term will help her get the truth about her daughter's death.
June Steenkamp said an increase in the athlete's sentence will not make much difference to her family, but she hoped further court hearings might help bring together "missing pieces of the puzzle" surrounding the night the athlete shot and killed her daughter.
South African judge Thokozile Masipa will rule later on whether to grant a state appeal that would open the way for the Olympian to serve more time behind bars.
Mrs Steenkamp told Sky's Special Correspondent Alex Crawford: "Anything that can get the truth is fine by me, but it won't actually have anything to do with me.
"I have no influence about it, they're going to be discussing the judge's decision, which I just didn't feel... was suitable."
She said the long murder trial had not provided the answers she had hoped for.
She said: "I wanted the truth, but it seems some of the puzzle is missing. There's only two people who know what happened. One of them's my daughter, and she's not here anymore."
Asked whether Pistorius should serve a longer sentence, Mrs Steenkamp said: "What difference is it going to make to me? I wanted to see him go down the steps (to the cells).
"When he went down the steps, that to me was he's going to pay for what he's done, he's going to be locked up.
"So it doesn't really matter how long, he's going to know that he can't go around hurting people."
Mrs Steenkamp said she would like to meet Pistorius face to face to tell him "exactly what he's done to our life".
The athlete was found guilty in October of culpable homicide, also known as manslaughter, rather than the more serious charge of murdering his Ms Steenkamp.
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Gallery: Reeva Steenkamp's Life In Pictures
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was born in Cape Town and grew up in Port Elizabeth. She went to a convent school and studied law. She was a keen horse rider until she broke her back
She moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town to model for Avon cosmetics. In 2012, Reeva was voted number 45 in the South African FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll
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