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| Becky Watts murder trial: Shauna Hoare's mother joked about kidnap | Becky Watts murder trial: Shauna Hoare's mother joked about kidnap |
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| The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts was teased by her mother about kidnapping the girl, a court has heard. | The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts was teased by her mother about kidnapping the girl, a court has heard. |
| Lisa Donovan said Shauna Hoare spent most of the week at her Bristol home after the 16-year-old vanished. | Lisa Donovan said Shauna Hoare spent most of the week at her Bristol home after the 16-year-old vanished. |
| "I was joking and I said I know why you're at my house all the time, you're running from the police because you've kidnapped Becky," she told the jury. | |
| Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Miss Hoare, 21, deny Becky's murder. Mr Matthews has admitted her manslaughter. | Nathan Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Miss Hoare, 21, deny Becky's murder. Mr Matthews has admitted her manslaughter. |
| 'Shocked' by contact | 'Shocked' by contact |
| Bristol Crown Court was told the accused couple made an unexpected visit to Miss Hoare's mother's home on the day the police were trying to make contact to interview them and search their Cotton Mill Lane property in the city. | |
| Kevin Stone, the partner of Ms Donovan, said he was "shocked" by the contact as they had not seen Miss Hoare for some years. | |
| Giving evidence, he also recalled a "strange" conversation with Mr Matthews who "said if anyone rings up for me, then can you tell them we are going out for a meal?" | Giving evidence, he also recalled a "strange" conversation with Mr Matthews who "said if anyone rings up for me, then can you tell them we are going out for a meal?" |
| Becky vanished in February. She was killed and her body dismembered with the body parts discovered in a garden shed at 9 Barton Court, Bristol, several days later. | |
| The trial previously heard Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, had admitted killing her, after trying to kidnap her, as well as storing her body parts at another address. | The trial previously heard Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, had admitted killing her, after trying to kidnap her, as well as storing her body parts at another address. |
| He 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. | He 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 'Well paid job' | |
| Two others - Donovan Demetrius, 29, of Marsh Lane, Redfield, Bristol, and James Ireland, 23, of Richmond Villas, Avonmouth - have been accused of helping move the dismembered remains of Becky, which they deny. | |
| Giving evidence, Nathan Bignell - a colleague - told the jury the pair carried out a "job" on the night Becky's body was allegedly moved to the shed. | |
| "The job was collecting or delivering something and they would get paid well for doing it," Mr Bignell said. | |
| During their night shift, he noticed a white work van was missing and two to three hours later the pair returned to work, the jury heard. | |
| It is alleged during this time, in the early hours of 24 February, the pair used the van to collect Becky's body parts from Cotton Mill Lane, Barton Hill, and move them to the home of Mr Demetrius' brother Karl and his partner, Jaydene Parsons. | |
| Demetrius, 29, and Parsons, 23, both of Barton Court, Bristol, previously pleaded guilty to assisting an offender but both said they were unaware of what was stashed in their shed. | |
| The trial at Bristol Crown Court continues. |