Reeva Steenkamp's cousin has told Oscar Pistorius' sentencing hearing that the athlete "needs to pay for what he has done".
Kim Martin told the High Court in Pretoria "everybody has suffered" since the athlete shot dead his girlfriend on Valentine's Day 2013.
Making a clear appeal for Pistorius to be jailed, she said: "I feel Mr Pistorius needs to pay for what he's done for taking Reeva's life, for what he's done to my uncle and to my aunt [Ms Steenkamp's parents], what he's done to the rest of my family but also what he's done to his family."
Pistorius makes her "very fearful" but Ms Steenkamp's family is not looking for revenge, Ms Martin added.
"I've tried very hard to put him out of my mind," she said.
Pistorius, 27, could face a fine and a suspended jail sentence or up to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of culpable homicide, the equivalent of manslaughter in the UK.
He was acquitted of murder last month after he said he had mistaken Ms Steenkamp, 29, for an intruder in his home.
Ms Martin, who was the first prosecution witness at the sentencing hearing, was completing her evidence to the court after speaking on Wednesday for the first time about how the death of the model and law graduate affected her family.
Sky's Alex Crawford, who is in Pretoria, reports that as the court was breaking up for lunch, Pistorius' sister complained of "intimidation" from two men in the public gallery of the court.
Aimee Pistorius left the court weeping, Crawford said, telling a court official that one of the men mouthed obscenities at her.
Crawford said: "One of the Pistorius family tells reporters he mouthed 'f*** you' at Aimee Pistorius."
Earlier, another witness, Zacharia Modise, the acting national director for South Africa's prison service, was asked about the ability of the service to accommodate double amputee Pistorius if he got a custodial sentence.
He said that although some of South Africa's prisons are "very old", every region has a "facility where we are able to cater for people with disabilities".
Asked by Pistorius' defence lawyer Barry Roux whether his client would be kept in the hospital section of prison, Mr Modise said that would be decided only after an assessment of his needs once he arrived in prison.
Pressed by Mr Roux, Mr Modise indicated that the assessment would find that Pistorius' disability meant he should serve any jail sentence in a hospital wing - rather than be kept with other inmates in the main section of the prison.
Prosecutor Gerrie Nel said this week that anything but a prison sentence for the athlete would be "shockingly inappropriate".
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Gallery: Reeva Steenkamp Life In Pictures
Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was born in Cape Town and grew up in Port Elizabeth. She went to a convent school and studied law. She was a keen horse rider until she broke her back.
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She moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town to model for Avon cosmetics. In 2012, Reeva was voted number 45 in the South African FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World poll.
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She featured as a celebrity contestant on BBC Lifestyle show Baking Made Easy in 2012.
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Her former fashion editor, Barbara Robertson, described the model as being "sweet, and down-to-earth" with the "it factor". She compared her to an "early Kate Moss".
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The model was a keen Twitter user, and had more than 34,000 followers. She used the site to promote women's rights and empowerment.
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Reeva Steenkamp on the set of reality TV show Tropika Island of Treasure (Pic: Stimulii)
The hearing is expected to continue to a fifth day on Friday.
If Judge Thokozile Masipa is unable to deliver a sentence by the end of the day the court will not resume until she is next available, on 10 November.
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