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Becky Watts trial: Accused 'throttled girlfriend Shauna Hoare' Becky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare lied about kidnap texts
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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. The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts lied to police when they found messages she sent about kidnapping teenage girls, a court has heard.
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. Shauna Hoare said she denied sending the Facebook and text messages to her boyfriend Nathan Matthews because she felt "panic".
But Ms Hoare told Bristol Crown Court there had been both "good times and bad times" in their relationship. She told Bristol Crown Court "how bad it looked" because he had just been charged with his stepsister's murder.
Ms Hoare and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap Becky. She and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap the 16-year-old.
Ms Hoare told the court Mr Matthews would scream and shout at her, and also on one occasion pushed her against a door. Becky went missing on 19 February and her body was found in a shed several days later.
Ms Hoare described the experiences as terrifying. 'Violent and controlling'
"He would be shouting, clench his fists and would step forward and throw something, but he wouldn't actually hit me," she said. In one of the messages, sent between November and December last year, Ms Hoare wrote: "Just went into Costcutter and saw a pretty petite girl. Almost knocked her out to bring home lol xoxo."
Mr Matthews replied 20 seconds later urging her to "do it".
Ms Hoare said she "massively" regretted lying to police.
"One, I should not have lied and, second, because of the way it looks, I should have told the truth in the first place," she said.
Earlier, Ms Hoare told jurors that during their six-year relationship Mr Matthews could make her laugh, but also be violent and controlling.
He dragged her by the hair across a bed and made her beg for food and would scream and shout at her, which she described as terrifying.
'Nowhere to go''Nowhere to go'
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.
She said she had talked to a friend about leaving Mr Matthews but could not go through with it.
"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."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.
She denied watching pornography with Mr Matthews and said she did not know anything about a pornographic film found on his laptop about the rape of a young girl.She denied watching pornography with Mr Matthews and said she did not know anything about a pornographic film found on his laptop about the rape of a young girl.
Asked about her boyfriend's attitude to teenage girls, Ms Hoare said it was not just teenagers but was "mainly people younger than him".
She said Mr Matthews would occasionally make inappropriate comments about them, such as "I would give them a go".
Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive, Warmley, South Gloucestershire, admits perverting the course of justice, preventing lawful burial and possessing a prohibited weapon.Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive, 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.