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| Becky Watts stepbrother and his girlfriend guilty of killing | |
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| The stepbrother of teenager Becky Watts has been found guilty of her murder and dismembering her body. | |
| Nathan Matthews, 28, had admitted killing the 16-year-old but denied it was murder. | |
| His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, has been acquitted of the same charge but found guilty of manslaughter. | His girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21, has been acquitted of the same charge but found guilty of manslaughter. |
| Matthews claimed he killed her after panicking during an attempt to kidnap her but insisted Hoare had no part in it, Bristol Crown Court heard. | |
| 'Sexually motivated kidnap' | |
| The pair were also convicted of conspiracy to kidnap Becky, perverting the course of justice and preventing a lawful burial. | |
| Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, suffocated Becky in a sexually motivated kidnap plot at her home in Crown Hill, Bristol, on 19 February. | |
| He then dragged her body into the boot of his car and drove it to the home he shared with his girlfriend less than two miles away in Cotton Mill Lane. | |
| In the days that followed, he bought a circular power saw, goggles, masks, bags, cling film and tape to cut up and package Becky's body. | |
| Her father Darren and his wife Anjie described her as a "big-hearted" girl who was "full of life". | |
| Two other men - Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23 - have been acquitted of a charge of assisting an offender. | Two other men - Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23 - have been acquitted of a charge of assisting an offender. |