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The South African Press Association has filed a report on an impromptu press conference held by the lawyer for the Steenkamp family, Dup du Bruyn, after court today.

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp, who was shot dead by her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, were going to repay the R6000 monthly payments he made to them, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

“They needed the money, they needed to live, but they are going to pay the money back,” Dup du Bruyn told reporters after sentencing procedures in the High Court in Pretoria.

“When he [Pistorius] initially offered the money they accepted the offer because they needed the money but they will return it now,” Du Bruyn said.

“When he started giving them money the Steenkamps wanted to disclose it but Mr Pistorius wanted to keep it quiet.”

Du Bruyn said the monthly payments started in March last year and the last payment was made in September.

zwicker schrieb:Ich kann verstehen, dass man Geldprobleme hat. Aber der potentielle "Mörder" meiner Tochter ist so ziemlich der Letzte, den ich um Geld bitte.

CosmicQueen schrieb:Nee, kann ich nicht nachvollziehen. Wenn ich glaube das der Täter mit absicht die Tochter getötet hat, ein hohes Strafmaß fordere, dann nehme ich kein Geld an, selbst wenn ich es dringend bräuchte. Die Familie agiert sehr widersprüchlich und ich kann mir keine Gründe vorstellen, die einen so handeln lassen.

Pretoria - Reeva Steenkamp's mother June rejected a R375 000 payment from her daughter's killer, Oscar Pistorius, as "blood money", the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday.

"She rejects that, she doesn't want blood money," prosecutor Gerrie Nel told parole officer and social worker Annette Vergeer during cross-examination.

She earlier presented her report on Pistorius, which the defence had paid her to compile, to the court. In it she recommended that Pistorius get three years of correctional supervision and community service for killing Steenkamp.

Nel told Vergeer that Pistorius got the R375 000 from selling his car. It was paid into the trust account of the Steenkamp's lawyer.

Nel said he was concerned this was not mentioned in her report.

He asked her when she was told the Steenkamps had rejected the money.

"I can't confirm 100 percent but I think it was yesterday," she replied.

Compiled during trial

Nel also referred to monthly payments Pistorius had been making to the Steenkamps, as mentioned in Vergeer's report.

"Those moneys will be paid back to the accused in full, every cent," said Nel.

He wanted to know why this was not mentioned in her report. Vergeer replied the report was compiled during the trial.

Tussinelda schrieb:“When he [Pistorius] initially offered the money they accepted the offer because they needed the money but they will return it now,” Du Bruyn said.

Tussinelda schrieb:ich kapiere nix mehr, EINE Summe, ist blood money, aber monatliche Zahlungen nicht? Ich kann nicht mehr folgen

Warum die monatl. Zahlungen kein Blutgeld waren, wollen die Steenkamps nicht sagen.

Tussinelda schrieb:da beziehe ich 18 Monate lang Geld von dem Mann, von dem ich weiß, dass er mein Kind erschossen hat, da hätte ich persönlich dann aber lieber 20.000 Interviews gegeben, für Geld und meinetwegen 3 Bücher geschrieben, hätte jeden Tag den Prozesstag aus meiner Sicht in einer Zeitung wiedergegeben

Mandy Wiener @MandyWiener · 2 Std. Vor 2 Stunden
#OscarTrial De Bruyn: There will be no civil case against Oscar Pistorius from the Steenkamps.

Tussinelda schrieb:und jeder wusste ja, dass es den Eltern finanziell schlecht ging

Tussinelda schrieb:alles komisch, vielleicht steht ja etwas dazu in June Steenkamps Buch..