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| Becky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare tells of boyfriend's 'terrifying' violence | Becky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare tells of boyfriend's 'terrifying' violence |
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| The woman accused with her boyfriend, Nathan Matthews, of murdering teenager Becky Watts has told a court she suffered “terrifying” violence at his hands. | |
| Shauna Hoare, 21, claimed Matthews, 28, strangled her during an argument and also pulled her hair, pushed her against a door and would shout and scream at her. | |
| Hoare – who is accused alongside her boyfriend of a sexually motivated kidnap plot to murder 16-year-old Becky – described to the jury incidents during their six-year relationship. | Hoare – who is accused alongside her boyfriend of a sexually motivated kidnap plot to murder 16-year-old Becky – described to the jury incidents during their six-year relationship. |
| “We were arguing over something. I sat on the end of the bed and he just lost it and grabbed me by the hair and pulled me to the other side of the bed,” Hoare told Bristol crown court. | “We were arguing over something. I sat on the end of the bed and he just lost it and grabbed me by the hair and pulled me to the other side of the bed,” Hoare told Bristol crown court. |
| “I said I had stomach pains and ran to the bathroom and he followed me. [He was] very, very sorry.” | “I said I had stomach pains and ran to the bathroom and he followed me. [He was] very, very sorry.” |
| Hoare also described an earlier argument with Matthews in which she told him to leave and he started stabbing himself with a fork. | Hoare also described an earlier argument with Matthews in which she told him to leave and he started stabbing himself with a fork. |
| “Again we were having a big argument and shouting and I’d had enough and told him to leave,” she said. | “Again we were having a big argument and shouting and I’d had enough and told him to leave,” she said. |
| “He was eating something and had a fork in his hand and he jumped on me – not hurting me – and started stabbing himself in the chest and was scraping the fork down his face.” | “He was eating something and had a fork in his hand and he jumped on me – not hurting me – and started stabbing himself in the chest and was scraping the fork down his face.” |
| Asked by Andrew Langdon QC, defending, what she thought of that, Hoare replied: “Terrifying.” | Asked by Andrew Langdon QC, defending, what she thought of that, Hoare replied: “Terrifying.” |
| Describing an incident when he strangled her, Hoare said: “During another row he almost ran at me and put his hands round my neck and strangled me.” | Describing an incident when he strangled her, Hoare said: “During another row he almost ran at me and put his hands round my neck and strangled me.” |
| Asked how she felt, she replied: “Horrible, I couldn’t breathe, I felt panic, I was scared. | Asked how she felt, she replied: “Horrible, I couldn’t breathe, I felt panic, I was scared. |
| “He always apologised but not always right away ... It would take a while. He would explain that it was the way I was annoying him. | “He always apologised but not always right away ... It would take a while. He would explain that it was the way I was annoying him. |
| “We didn’t go out for a day or two until the red mark around my neck was gone.” | “We didn’t go out for a day or two until the red mark around my neck was gone.” |
| Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive, Warmley, south Gloucestershire, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap. He admits killing Becky, perverting the course of justice, preventing the burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon. | Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive, Warmley, south Gloucestershire, denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap. He admits killing Becky, perverting the course of justice, preventing the burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon. |
| Hoare, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder, conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon. | Hoare, of Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, denies murder, conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon. |
| The residents of a property in Barton Court, Karl Demetrius, 30, and his partner, Jaydene Parsons, 23, admit assisting an offender. | |
| Karl’s twin brother, Donovan Demetrius, of Marsh Lane, Bristol, and James Ireland, 23, of Richmond Villas, Avonmouth – a work colleague of Karl’s – deny the charge. | Karl’s twin brother, Donovan Demetrius, of Marsh Lane, Bristol, and James Ireland, 23, of Richmond Villas, Avonmouth – a work colleague of Karl’s – deny the charge. |