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."
Pistorius, 27, 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 last month after he said he had mistaken Ms Steenkamp, 29, for an intruder in his home.
Ms Martin, 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.
The next witness was Zacharira Modise, acting national director for South Africa's prison service, who has been discussing its ability to accommodate double amputee Pistorius.
He said that although some prisons are "very old", every region has a "facility where we are able to cater for people with disabilities".
Pistorius' defence lawyer Barry Roux asked Modise about reports that threats had been made against Pistorius by inmates, but Modise said he was not aware of any threats.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said this week that anything but a prison sentence for the athlete would be "shockingly inappropriate".
The hearing is expected to continue to a fifth day on Friday. If Judge Thokozile Masipa is unable to deliver a sentence by the end of the day the court will not resume until November 10.
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