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| Becky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare lied about kidnap texts | Becky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare lied about kidnap texts |
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| The woman accused of murdering Becky Watts lied to police when they found messages she sent about kidnapping teenage girls, a court has heard. | 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 said she denied sending the Facebook and text messages to her boyfriend Nathan Matthews because she felt "panic". | Shauna Hoare said she denied sending the Facebook and text messages to her boyfriend Nathan Matthews because she felt "panic". |
| She told Bristol Crown Court she had known "how bad it looked" because he had been charged with Becky's murder. | |
| She and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap his stepsister. | She and Mr Matthews deny murder and conspiring to kidnap his stepsister. |
| Becky, 16, went missing on 19 February and her body was found in a shed several days later. | Becky, 16, went missing on 19 February and her body was found in a shed several days later. |
| 'Violent and controlling' | 'Violent and controlling' |
| 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." | 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". | Mr Matthews replied 20 seconds later urging her to "do it". |
| Ms Hoare said she "massively" regretted lying to police. | 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. | "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. |
| She said she had made up the girl to put Nathan in a "happy mood" - having previously told the court he had an "interesting" sense of humour. | She said she had made up the girl to put Nathan in a "happy mood" - having previously told the court he had an "interesting" sense of humour. |
| "Did you think that Nathan was going to go and kidnap a girl?," Andrew Langdon QC asked. | "Did you think that Nathan was going to go and kidnap a girl?," Andrew Langdon QC asked. |
| "No," she replied. | "No," she replied. |
| Earlier, Ms Hoare told jurors that during their six-year relationship Mr Matthews could make her laugh, but also be violent and controlling. | 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". | 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' |
| 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 teenage 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 teenage girl. |
| 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. |