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		</div><p>Reeva Steenkamp&#8217;s dad has told a court he forgives Oscar Pistorius for killing his daughter &#8211; but says he must pay for his crime.</p>
<p>Under questioning from chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel, Mr Steenkamp urged Judge Thokozile Masipa to allow the public to see the graphic photos of his daughter&#8217;s wounds which were entered as evidence during Pistorius&#8217; trial, but not allowed to be shown to a wider audience.</p>
<p>Perhaps, Mr Steenkamp said, people who are &#8220;thinking of that type of deed&#8221; will hesitate before they act if they see the photos.</p>
<p>Ms Steenkamp, a model and reality TV star, was shot multiple times through a toilet cubicle door at Pistorius&#8217; Pretoria home on Valentine&#8217;s Day 2013.</p>
<p>Her father said his wife June grieves just as much as he does, despite what he called her &#8220;stone-faced&#8221; demeanour in public.</p>
<p>&#8220;I hear her at night,&#8221; he said, his hands shaking during his evidence. &#8220;I hear her crying. I hear her talking to Reeva.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said of his daughter&#8217;s death: &#8220;It devastated us.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pistorius is currently living under house arrest after initially serving one year of a five-year prison sentence for manslaughter for shooting Ms Steenkamp.</p>
<p>Pistorius claims he thought his house was being broken into, and that he had fired through the bathroom door in the belief than an intruder was hiding behind it.</p>
<p>His manslaughter conviction was overturned last year by an appeals court, which convicted Pistorius of the more serious charge of murder.</p>
<p>Judge Masipa, who initially acquitted Pistorius of murder, will decide the new sentence. The hearing is scheduled to run until Friday.</p>
<p>South Africa has a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison for murder, although a judge can reduce that in some circumstances.</p>
<p>Earlier, a pastor and a woman whose son was born without legs testified for Pistorius&#8217; defence.</p>
<p>Pastor Marius Nel said he had been in contact with schools who want the double-amputee Olympian to help disadvantaged children with sports training.</p>
<p>The pastor also said he had visited Pistorius after he was jailed for manslaughter, and found him to be a &#8220;broken&#8221; man.</p>
<p>This evidence reflects an argument by the Paralympic champion&#8217;s defence lawyer Barry Roux that Pistorius should not go to jail because he can make a valuable contribution to society and would face increasing mental deterioration if he returns to prison.</p>
<p>Another witness, Ebba Gudny Gudmundsdottir of Iceland, told the court that Pistorius was kind to her disabled son and gave him a gold medal which he won at a race.</p>
<p>&#8220;We still have that medal,&#8221; Gudmundsdottir said. &#8220;It was a very lovely gesture.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pistorius, a double amputee who was known as the Blade Runner, won several Paralympic gold medals and competed in the 2012 London Olympics for South Africa.</p>
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