Funeral held for Oscar Pistorius girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
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Your support makes all the difference.A tearful funeral was held today for model and law school graduate Reeva Steenkamp, with mourners calling for a harsh penalty for her boyfriend, Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, who has been charged with her murder.
Steenkamp's body was transported in a black hearse to a crematorium in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth for a private ceremony.
"Without a doubt. He's a danger to the public. He'll be a danger to witnesses. He must stay in jail. He's already shown how dangerous he can be for what he did to Reeva," said Gavin Venter, an ex-jockey who worked for Reeva's father.
Meanwhile Pistorius was at a bail hearing in a Pretoria court, where a prosecutor said he fired four shots last week at a cowering Steenkamp through a bathroom door at his luxury home.
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