THE mother of the model shot dead by Oscar Pistorius has said she does not feel justice has been done but insisted she accepts the sentence imposed by the judge.
Pistorius, 27, has been jailed for five years for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29, but could be out of prison in 10 months.
Her parents said they "don't want revenge". However, they said of their daughter's death that "only Oscar knows" the truth.
Miss Steenkamp's mother June said: "We may not feel that justice has been done, but we have just got to accept what the judge decided."
Mrs Steenkamp said the family had been "disappointed in the judge's judgment", but felt she was left with few options as "she only had certain facts before her".
Mrs Steenkamp said the family are "very settled with the sentence".
She said: "He has got to pay for what he has done and it is not that we want vengeance or anything. But at the same time, we feel satisfied he will realise that you can't go around doing things like that. We don't want revenge, we want a fair punishment under the circumstances of his disability."
She added: "No words can actually describe what that has done to us. We have to live with this now for the rest of our lives - without her."
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