--- description: The week-long hearing will decide whether Pistorius will go to jail for culpable homicide — similar to manslaughter — for killing Steenkamp title: Oscar Pistorius Must 'Pay for What He Has Done,' Steenkamp Cousin Says image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [South Africa](/tag/south-africa/) ## South Africa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Oscar Pistorius Must 'Pay for What He Has Done,' Steenkamp Family Says by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 1:43 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 1:43 PM CUT Oscar Pistorius “needs to pay for what he has done,” Reeva Steenkamp’s cousin said Thursday at a court hearing to decide the athlete’s sentence for killing the model. “My family are not people who are seeking revenge, we just feel … taking somebody’s life, to shoot somebody behind the door that is unarmed, that is harmless needs sufficient punishment,” Kim Martin told the court. “I’m very fearful of the accused, I have tried very hard to put him out of my mind…because I didn’t want to spend any energy thinking about him,” she said. After giving her testimony, Martin thanked… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/pistorius-trial/oscar-pistorius-must-pay-what-he-has-done-steenkamp-cousin-n227126?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3512914/oscar-pistorius-must-pay-steenkamp-cousin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3512914/oscar-pistorius-must-pay-steenkamp-cousin/"},"headline":"Oscar Pistorius Must 'Pay for What He Has Done,' Steenkamp Family Says","datePublished":"2014-10-16T13:43:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:49:50.275Z","description":"Athlete expected to be sentenced as early as Friday for culpable homicide of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp","url":"https://time.com/3512914/oscar-pistorius-must-pay-steenkamp-cousin/","keywords":["South Africa","Crime","olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/south-africa/","name":"South Africa"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3512914/oscar-pistorius-must-pay-steenkamp-cousin/","name":"Oscar Pistorius Must 'Pay for What He Has Done,' Steenkamp Family Says"}}]}] ```