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Becky Watts trial: Accused 'closed eyes while he cut up body' Becky Watts trial: Accused 'closed eyes while he cut up body'
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The man accused of murdering teenager Becky Watts has described how he cut up her body with a power saw. The man accused of murdering Becky Watts said he closed his eyes when he used a circular saw to cut up her body.
Nathan Matthews, 28, told the jury at Bristol Crown Court he closed his eyes while dismembering his stepsister's body in the bath. Nathan Matthews said he held the power tool using one hand and had acted alone when he dismembered his stepsister after accidentally killing her.
Mr Matthews admits killing the 16-year-old, but denies murder and conspiring to kidnap her. His girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, denies murder. But the prosecution say his account of Miss Watts' death is a "complete nonsense" and he and his girlfriend were "in it together" from the start.
Body parts were found in a shed in Bristol in March. Mr Matthews and Shauna Hoare deny murder and conspiring to kidnap Becky.
Under examination about how he cut up the body at 14 Cotton Mill Lane, Mr Matthews said he had closed his eyes and used just one hand to hold the power saw. Under examination about how he cut up the body at 14 Cotton Mill Lane, Mr Matthews said it "took a while" to dismember Becky's body, but said it was "stupid" to suggest it might have been six hours.
From court, Fiona Lamdin, BBC Points West Mr Matthews said he believed Miss Watts could be subdued and kidnapped in "five minutes", while his girlfriend was in the garden at 18 Crown Hill, smoking a cigarette.
It was a very distressing moment for Becky's family when a red suitcase Nathan Matthews said he put her in, was brought into court. But things had gone "horribly wrong" and he could not tell anyone about it.
Some of the family looked away repelled, whilst others cried, and one family member rushed out of the court. "The truth is, I didn't plan for this, for what happened," Mr Matthews said.
Despite being asked to, Mr Matthews has refused to look up at it while giving evidence and has kept his head hung low and wrung his hands. Mr Matthews claimed Becky had not put up a violent struggle for her life and had not screamed or called out when he attacked her, wearing a mask and covering her mouth with tape before trying to get her into a suitcase.
Prosecutor William Mousley said: "It must've made a real mess?" Prosecutor William Mousley said his account of events on the morning of 19 February were exposed as a "complete nonsense" when examined in any detail.
"No," replied Mr Matthews. He suggested that Mr Matthews had never worn a mask - and that Miss Watts had laughed at him thinking it "all rather pathetic" - and Mr Matthews "lost it and killed her".
"Why not?," the prosecutor said. But it would also have been an "awful lot easier" to kidnap Becky, if he had help, Mr Mousley suggested.
"It just didn't," he said. Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, admits perverting the course of justice, preventing lawful burial and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Mr Matthews said it "took a while" to dismember Becky's body, but said it was "stupid" to suggest it might have been six hours.
Earlier the court was shown a red suitcase which Mr Matthews said was used as part of a "botched kidnap attempt".
'Complete nonsense'
But he refused to look directly at it, telling the court "I don't want to".
Mr Matthews also said he would not look at computer-generated images detailing 40 areas of injury.
Mr Mousley told the court that when the details of Mr Matthews' story about what happened on 19 February were examined, it exposed his account as "complete nonsense".
Mr Matthews replied: "No, it doesn't".
The 28-year-old told the jury that he wore a mask and used handcuffs, in an attempt to "shock and scare" his stepsister, saying her reaction to the possibility of being taken to hospital with anorexia showed "fear obviously did work with her."
Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, also admits perverting the course of justice, preventing lawful burial and possessing a prohibited weapon.
Ms Hoare, 21, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap, a weapons charge, perverting the course of justice and preventing a burial.Ms Hoare, 21, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap, a 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.