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Becky Watts murder jury told 'ignorance a ridiculous concept' Becky Watts murder jury told 'ignorance a ridiculous concept'
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Any claims the woman accused of Becky Watts' murder was ignorant of the teenager's gruesome death are a "ridiculous concept", a jury has heard.Any claims the woman accused of Becky Watts' murder was ignorant of the teenager's gruesome death are a "ridiculous concept", a jury has heard.
Body parts belonging to the 16-year-old were found in a garden shed several days after she vanished from her family's St George home in Bristol. Body parts belonging to the 16-year-old were found in a garden shed several days after she vanished from her family home in St George, Bristol.
Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murdering her.Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murdering her.
He admits the manslaughter of his stepsister, but insists Miss Hoare had no part in it, the court was told.He admits the manslaughter of his stepsister, but insists Miss Hoare had no part in it, the court was told.
Addressing the jury, prosecutor William Mousley QC said the accused had denied hatching a plot with Miss Hoare to murder the teenager, but he argued Becky's death was "no accident".Addressing the jury, prosecutor William Mousley QC said the accused had denied hatching a plot with Miss Hoare to murder the teenager, but he argued Becky's death was "no accident".
He described the "sheer implausibility" of Miss Hoare's version of events and "the ridiculous concept that she was in blissful ignorance of everything that was going on during that period of time".He described the "sheer implausibility" of Miss Hoare's version of events and "the ridiculous concept that she was in blissful ignorance of everything that was going on during that period of time".
On Wednesday, the trial heard Mr Matthews had strangled the teenager after trying to kidnap her. On Wednesday, the Bristol Crown Court trial heard Mr Matthews had strangled the teenager after trying to kidnap her.
Mr Mousley told the jury the defendant admitted killing Becky and storing her body parts at a Barton Court address, adding he had an "apparent dislike" of her and said he wanted to scare her to teach her a lesson.Mr Mousley told the jury the defendant admitted killing Becky and storing her body parts at a Barton Court address, adding he had an "apparent dislike" of her and said he wanted to scare her to teach her a lesson.
Jurors were also told the attack was "sexually motivated" by a couple who held "a shared unnatural interest in attractive teenage females".Jurors were also told the attack was "sexually motivated" by a couple who held "a shared unnatural interest in attractive teenage females".
After his arrest, Mr Matthews told police he alone packed Becky's body into the boot of the couple's car without his girlfriend knowing and they then drove home to Cotton Mill Lane in Bristol. The trial heard how Mr Matthews, when arrested, told police he alone packed Becky's body into the car without his girlfriend knowing.
When Miss Hoare had gone to bed, he allegedly took the body into their house and over the coming days dismembered the body with a circular power saw and wrapped the various parts in plastic bags, the trial heard. When Miss Hoare had gone to bed, he allegedly took the body into their house and over the coming days dismembered the body with a circular power saw and wrapped the various parts in plastic bags.
The first witnesses: Jon Kay, BBC News, in courtThe first witnesses: Jon Kay, BBC News, in court
Speaking as one of the first witnesses in the trial, Becky's boyfriend Luke Oberhansli, 18, told the court in a statement that he was "not aware that Becky had any particular problems of anxiety about anything" and that "on a day to day basis she seemed happy".
He said he last saw her on 17 February and had been in contact until 19 February - the day of the alleged murder - when some of his texts failed to deliver.
'Not worried'
"It was unusual for Becky not to reply so I walked up to her house," he said.
The jury heard Miss Hoare came to the door and he asked if Becky was there. Miss Hoare and stepmother Anji Galsworthy said they did not know and looked in her bedroom with no success.
"Both Anji and Shauna seemed to be ok and did not seem to be particularly worried about anything," he said.
"I think Anji did say it was strange that Becky was not replying to my text messages."
Prosecutors allege that by this time Becky was already dead, having been murdered by Miss Hoare and Mr Matthews, and her body put in the boot of the couple's car and left outside Becky's house until the evening when they drove home.
Another witness, PC Lamorna Trahair, told the court Darren and Anji Galsworthy appeared to be "very concerned" when she called at 18 Crown Hill in response to the call that Becky was missing.
The police officer said Miss Hoare and Mr Matthews were also "genuinely concerned about her welfare" and "naturally keen to know, along with Darren and Anji, what the next steps would be and what to expect".
She said there was "no behaviour displayed by anyone present at the address which heightened any concerns about Rebecca".
Charges denied
As well as murder, Miss Hoare, of Cotton Mill Lane in Bristol, is charged with conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing the lawful burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon. She denies all counts.As well as murder, Miss Hoare, of Cotton Mill Lane in Bristol, is charged with conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing the lawful burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon. She denies all counts.
Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, preventing the lawful burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon, but denies conspiracy to kidnap.Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, preventing the lawful burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon, but denies conspiracy to kidnap.
Two other men on trial - Donovan Demetrius, 29, of Marsh Lane, Redfield, Bristol, and James Ireland, 23, of Richmond Villas, Avonmouth - each deny a charge of assisting an offender.Two other men on trial - Donovan Demetrius, 29, of Marsh Lane, Redfield, Bristol, and James Ireland, 23, of Richmond Villas, Avonmouth - each deny a charge of assisting an offender.
Karl Demetrius, 29, and his girlfriend Jaydene Parsons, 23, both of Barton Court, Bristol, previously pleaded guilty to assisting an offender after Becky's body was found in their garden shed.Karl Demetrius, 29, and his girlfriend Jaydene Parsons, 23, both of Barton Court, Bristol, previously pleaded guilty to assisting an offender after Becky's body was found in their garden shed.
However, both said they were unaware of what the packages actually contained.However, both said they were unaware of what the packages actually contained.
The trial is expected to last six weeks.The trial is expected to last six weeks.