Oscar Pistorius has arrived in court as closing statements are to be made in his sentencing hearing for killing his girlfriend.

The defence and prosecution lawyers will put their final arguments to Judge Thokozile Masipa in Pretoria, South Africa.

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.

The Olympian and Paralympian runner admitted shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the bathroom of his home but thought she was an intruder.

On Thursday,  Ms Steenkamp's family told the judge that they expect the man who killed her to be sent to jail.

The model's cousin Kim Martin told the court that the alternative sentence of community service while under house arrest did not seem to fit the crime.

She said Pistorius needed "to pay for what he'd done".

She said: "My family is not seeking revenge, but to shoot someone behind a door who's unarmed and harmless needs sufficient punishment."

Ms Martin warned that a lenient sentence would send the wrong message out to society.