According to an update by popular
Blogger MissPetite, Reeva Steenkamp's parents have turned down the £21,000 cash
offered by Oscar Pistorius for their 'pain and suffering; describing it as ‘blood
money’.
The parents of the late pretty
lady, Barry and June Steenkamp have also vowed to return 'every cent' of monthly
payments amounting to £6,000 that their daughter allege killer has been
depositing into an account since her death...continue
The report has ith that the prosecutor
Gerrie Nel said the lump sum payment, raised by the sale of the runner's car,
had been immediately rejected by the family, with Mrs Steenkamp insisting she
did not want 'blood money.
However, Dup De Bruyn, a lawyer
for the Steenkamps, later claimed his clients had received R6,000 (£340) a
month for the last 18 months. He said the payments had now stopped and the money
would be repaid.
MissPetite reports that Mr De
Bruyn said he approached the athlete's legal team in the weeks after the
model's death to explain that her family was struggling financially because
Miss Steenkamp regularly sent money to her cash-strapped parents.
'I conveyed this to Oscar
Pistorius's lawyers,'
The lawyer said Mr and Mrs
Steenkamp were now in a position to repay the money - a total of £6,200.
'The Steenkamps don't want any
money and there will be no civil case, they want closure,' Mr De Bruyn said.
Source: MPN
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