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| Becky Watts murder trial: Stepbrother 'cut up girl with knife' | Becky Watts murder trial: Stepbrother 'cut up girl with knife' |
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| Teenager Becky Watts was murdered and her body then cut up with a knife and power saw by her stepbrother and his girlfriend, a court has been told. | Teenager Becky Watts was murdered and her body then cut up with a knife and power saw by her stepbrother and his girlfriend, a court has been told. |
| The 16-year-old disappeared from her family home in Crown Hill, Bristol in February. Her body parts were found in a garden shed several days later. | |
| Nathan Matthews, 28, and Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murdering Becky. | Nathan Matthews, 28, and Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murdering Becky. |
| The pair shared an "unnatural interest in attractive teenage females", a jury at Bristol Crown Court has heard. | |
| The trial was told Mr Matthews admitted killing her, stating he tried to kidnap and imprison her. He then later strangled her and told the court he acted alone. | The trial was told Mr Matthews admitted killing her, stating he tried to kidnap and imprison her. He then later strangled her and told the court he acted alone. |
| He denies charges of murder and conspiracy to kidnap. | He denies charges of murder and conspiracy to kidnap. |
| Miss Hoare denies murder, conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing a lawful burial and possessing a prohibited weapon, namely two stun guns. | Miss Hoare denies murder, conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing a lawful burial and possessing a prohibited weapon, namely two stun guns. |
| 'Grotesquely executed plan' | 'Grotesquely executed plan' |
| Opening the case, prosecutor William Mousley QC told the jury Becky was killed in her bedroom. | Opening the case, prosecutor William Mousley QC told the jury Becky was killed in her bedroom. |
| "She was suffocated, despite her fighting for her life. There followed a deliberate, carefully planned and grotesquely executed plan to cover up her killing," he said. | "She was suffocated, despite her fighting for her life. There followed a deliberate, carefully planned and grotesquely executed plan to cover up her killing," he said. |
| Becky vanished on 19 February and was reported missing the following day. After a huge police search, her body parts were discovered in a garden shed at a house in Barton Hill, Bristol, on 2 March. | |
| In court: Jon Kay, BBC News | In court: Jon Kay, BBC News |
| Mr Mousley told the jury the day after Becky's death Mr Matthews bought bottles of drain cleaner and a circular power saw, gloves, a face mask and goggles. | Mr Mousley told the jury the day after Becky's death Mr Matthews bought bottles of drain cleaner and a circular power saw, gloves, a face mask and goggles. |
| "When he was there buying the saw he queried the price he was being charged for it as it didn't correspond with the price on the display," Mr Mousley said. | "When he was there buying the saw he queried the price he was being charged for it as it didn't correspond with the price on the display," Mr Mousley said. |
| "He made it plain that he needed that saw and he needed to have it that day." | "He made it plain that he needed that saw and he needed to have it that day." |
| Another couple, who stored the dismembered body in their garden shed, have pleaded guilty to assisting an offender, it can now be reported for the first time. | Another couple, who stored the dismembered body in their garden shed, have pleaded guilty to assisting an offender, it can now be reported for the first time. |
| Karl Demetrius, 29, and his girlfriend, Jaydene Parsons, 23, admitted the charge at an earlier hearing at Bristol Crown Court. | Karl Demetrius, 29, and his girlfriend, Jaydene Parsons, 23, admitted the charge at an earlier hearing at Bristol Crown Court. |
| However, they told the court they "did not know or believe" the bags contained Becky's body. | |
| Donovan Demetrius, 29 - Karl's twin brother - and James Ireland, 23, are also charged with assisting an offender. | Donovan Demetrius, 29 - Karl's twin brother - and James Ireland, 23, are also charged with assisting an offender. |