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| Becky Watts trial: Accused 'throttled girlfriend Shauna Hoare' | Becky Watts trial: Accused 'throttled girlfriend Shauna Hoare' |
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| The man accused of murdering Becky Watts once "strangled" his girlfriend leaving her "panicked and scared", the trial has been told. | |
| Shauna Hoare told the court Nathan Matthews also stabbed himself with a fork in anger, dragged her by the hair across a bed and made her beg for food. | |
| But Ms Hoare told Bristol Crown Court there had been both "good times and bad times" in their relationship. | But Ms Hoare told Bristol Crown Court there had been both "good times and bad times" in their relationship. |
| Ms Hoare and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap Becky. | Ms Hoare and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap Becky. |
| She told the court Mr Matthews would scream and shout at her, and also on one occasion pushed her against a door. | |
| Ms Hoare described the experiences as "terrifying", and said she knew when Mr Matthews was going to become violent because the tone of his voice changed. | |
| "He would be shouting, clench his fists and would step forward and throw something, but he wouldn't actually hit me," she said. | |
| Ms Hoare also described an incident in which Mr Matthews lost his temper at a doctor's surgery and punched a wall - breaking his fingers. | |
| She said she had talked to a friend about leaving Mr Matthews but could not go through with it. | |
| Consented to threesome | |
| "I had nowhere to go. I had no-one else. He would find me. It would just go back to normal if he found me," she told the court. | |
| Ms Hoare also told jurors she had consented to a threesome with Mr Matthews and a friend, although she said it was Mr Matthews who was "more into" the idea. | |
| "I was always quite against it but he kind of persuaded me, to open up to the idea of it." | |
| Ms Hoare said while Mr Matthews could be "very funny" during their six-year relationship, he could also be controlling. | |
| She said he would control what food she ate and at times she would have to "beg" for it. | |
| She would also have to pay him so he would allow her to have cigarettes. | |
| 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, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, 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. |