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| Becky Watts murder trial: Stepbrother 'hid body parts in shed' | |
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| Teenager Becky Watts was murdered and her body 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 cut up with a knife and power saw by her stepbrother and his girlfriend, a court has been told. |
| Body parts were found in a garden shed several days after she disappeared from her family home in Crown Hill, Bristol. | Body parts were found in a garden shed several days after she disappeared from her family home in Crown Hill, Bristol. |
| Nathan Matthews, 28, and Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murder. It is alleged Mr Matthews directed police to her body. | Nathan Matthews, 28, and Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murder. It is alleged Mr Matthews directed police to her body. |
| The pair shared an "unnatural interest in attractive teenage females", Bristol Crown Court heard. | The pair shared an "unnatural interest in attractive teenage females", Bristol Crown Court heard. |
| In a statement given to police, Mr Matthews admitted killing Becky and storing her body parts at 9 Barton Court, the trial heard. | |
| He said that he had strangled her after trying to kidnap her. | |
| Prosecutor William Mousley QC told the jury he said he wanted to scare Becky and teach her a lesson. | |
| Mr Matthews denies charges of murder and conspiracy to kidnap. | |
| 'Grotesquely executed plan' | 'Grotesquely executed plan' |
| 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. | |
| Opening the case, Mr Mousley told the jury Becky was killed in her bedroom. | Opening the case, Mr Mousley 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. | 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. |
| She had 15 stab wounds to the abdomen and a further slash wound which were caused after death, Mr Mousley added. | |
| Various injuries "were consistent with a hand being held over the mouth, causing suffocation" and also suggested "a violent struggle", the court was told. | |
| "The experts reached the conclusion that it would have been easier to have carried out that exercise if more than one person would have been involved," said the prosecutor. | |
| 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." |
| In court, the jury was given a graphic description of the moment when police went to the shed in Barton Hill and found several suitcases, a bin bag and a blue plastic box containing "soft and fleshy" body parts wrapped in plastic. | |
| Other items found in bags included handcuffs, a knife, scissors, some clothing and layers of cling film. | |
| CCTV footage was played which the prosecution alleged showed Becky's body being moved from the home of Mr Matthews and Miss Hoare to another address some 80 metres away. | CCTV footage was played which the prosecution alleged showed Becky's body being moved from the home of Mr Matthews and Miss Hoare to another address some 80 metres away. |
| Another couple, who stored the dismembered body in their 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 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. | 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. |
| The trial, which is expected to last six weeks, continues. |