For people who don't know the story... The parents of Reeva Steenkamp have been receiving secret monthly payments of 6,000 South African rand (£341) from Oscar Pistorius since her death, but have turned down a lump sum of 375,000 rand (£21,299) as “blood money”. The cash transfers have not been made public over the past 18 months but emerged on Tuesday during the Paralympian’s trial, to the surprise of many in court. It was said the Steenkamps have promised to return “every cent” of the money sent by the man who killed their daughter. And at the end of another dramatic day at the high court in Pretoria, Pistorius’s uncle called for police to escort the athlete out of the building after spotting figures from South Africa’s underworld – a self-confessed killer and a former bouncer who has also faced murder charges – in the public gallery. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/reeva-steenkamp-parents-payments-oscar-pistorius
