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Steenkamp's father says 'Oscar has to pay for his crime'

By AFP
Africa South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius arrives at the Pretoria High Court on June 14, 2016 on the second day of his sentencing hearing.  By Gianluigi Guercia AFP
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South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius arrives at the Pretoria High Court on June 14, 2016 on the second day of his sentencing hearing. By Gianluigi Guercia (AFP)

Pretoria (AFP) - Reeva Steenkamp's father told a sentencing hearing in South Africa on Tuesday that Oscar Pistorius must "pay for his crime" for shooting dead his daughter three years ago.

"It has been very difficult for me to forgive... I feel that Oscar has to pay for what he did. He has to pay for his crime," Barry Steenkamp, 73, said as he broke down in tears during dramatic court testimony.

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