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		</div><p>Oscar Pistorius and some of his relatives have been threatened in an extortion attempt ahead of his sentencing on July 6 for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, the former athlete&#8217;s family has said.</p>
<p>South African police said they are investigating alleged threats of violence made in WhatsApp messages to Arnoldus Pistorius, a cousin of the double-amputee Olympian and Paralympian.</p>
<p>The man who sent the messages initially told Pistorius&#8217; cousin that he had evidence that would undermine testimony for the prosecution at Pistorius&#8217;s sentencing hearing last week, said Anneliese Burgess, a spokeswoman for the Pistorius family.</p>
<p>The man wanted payment for the alleged evidence and became &#8220;very abusive&#8221; when it became clear that he would not get it, Ms Burgess said.</p>
<p>The man threatened to arrange for Pistorius to be assaulted in jail if he is sent back there, according to a transcript of a text message reported by City Press, a South African newspaper.</p>
<p>Pistorius, who shot Ms Steenkamp dead in his home early on Valentine&#8217;s Day in 2013, is currently under house arrest after an appeals court overturned an initial manslaughter conviction against him and changed that to murder.</p>
<p>He served one year in prison for manslaughter. The minimum sentence for murder is 15 years in prison, though a judge can reduce that sentence in some circumstances.</p>
<p>In March, South African police said Pistorius was the target of a scam in which a man posing as a prosecution official offered to quash his murder conviction in exchange for 16,400 dollars (€14,400). A man was arrested in a police sting operation.</p>
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