Pistorius ‘needs to pay’ says Steenkamp cousin

A cousin of slain model Reeva Steenkamp made a tearful plea Thursday for Oscar Pistorius to “pay for what he has done,” as the prosecution sought to make sure the Paralympic athlete goes to jail.

Battling tears and with her voice trembling, Kim Martin told a sentencing hearing that she was “very fearful” of theSouth African star sprinter and did not believe his apology for killing her cherished cousin was genuine.

“Pistorius needs to pay for what he has done, for taking Reeva’s life, for what he’s done to my uncle, to my aunt and the rest of my family,” she said.

“My family are not people who are seeking revenge, we just feel that to take someone’s life, to shoot somebody behind a door, that is unarmed, that is harmless, needs sufficient punishment.