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| Becky Watts case: Nathan Matthews 'cried in interview' | Becky Watts case: Nathan Matthews 'cried in interview' |
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| The man accused of murdering teenager Becky Watts cried when police read his confession to killing her, a court has heard. | The man accused of murdering teenager Becky Watts cried when police read his confession to killing her, a court has heard. |
| In a video shown to jurors at Bristol Crown Court, Nathan Matthews asks officers not to read the prepared statement, in which he admits killing his 16-year-old stepsister. | |
| He then bursts into tears during the interview. | He then bursts into tears during the interview. |
| Mr Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murder. | Mr Matthews, 28, and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, deny murder. |
| In the written statement, Mr Matthews admitted he had killed Becky after panicking during a plan to kidnap her and scare her. | |
| 'Hands around throat' | |
| In the interview, conducted on 3 March, the day after he had handed the confession to police, he said: "Are you going to read that statement? Because obviously I don't want that to be read." | In the interview, conducted on 3 March, the day after he had handed the confession to police, he said: "Are you going to read that statement? Because obviously I don't want that to be read." |
| In a further prepared statement given to police on 4 March, Mr Matthews said that although Ms Hoare had been shopping with him in the days after Becky's death, he did not tell her why he was buying various items. | In a further prepared statement given to police on 4 March, Mr Matthews said that although Ms Hoare had been shopping with him in the days after Becky's death, he did not tell her why he was buying various items. |
| Previously, the jury was told the pair bought items including rubble sacks, cling film, tape and cleaning products. | Previously, the jury was told the pair bought items including rubble sacks, cling film, tape and cleaning products. |
| He also told police he did not believe she could have heard any of the struggle between him and Becky at her home in Crown Hill. | He also told police he did not believe she could have heard any of the struggle between him and Becky at her home in Crown Hill. |
| Becky's dismembered body was found in a shed in Bristol in March. | Becky's dismembered body was found in a shed in Bristol in March. |
| Shauna Hoare told police, in an interview on 2 March, after she was arrested on suspicion of murder, Nathan Matthews had attacked her during their relationship. | |
| She said that on one occasion he had put his hands around her throat, which she found "terrifying". | |
| Miss Hoare also told police she had been unable to use the bathroom at her home in Cotton Mill Lane over the weekend following Becky's disappearance. | |
| In a further interview on 3 March, she told police when they had returned from Becky's family home in Crown Hill on 20 February - the day after Becky's disappearance - she smelled bleach as she was going upstairs. | |
| Mr Matthews told her the toilet was blocked and she said she was unable to use the bathroom for two or three days. | |
| Mr Matthews, 28, of Hazelbury Drive, Warmley, South Gloucestershire, admits killing his stepsister but denies murder and conspiring to kidnap her. | Mr Matthews, 28, of Hazelbury Drive, Warmley, South Gloucestershire, admits killing his stepsister but denies murder and conspiring to kidnap her. |
| He also admits perverting the course of justice, preventing Becky's burial and possessing a prohibited weapon. | He also admits perverting the course of justice, preventing Becky's burial and possessing a prohibited weapon. |
| Miss Hoare, 21, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap, the weapons charge, perverting the course of justice and preventing a burial. | Miss Hoare, 21, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap, the weapons charge, perverting the course of justice and preventing a burial. |
| Two other men, Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23, deny assisting an offender. | Two other men, Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23, deny assisting an offender. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |