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| Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare jailed for Becky Watts killing | Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare jailed for Becky Watts killing |
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| Becky Watts' stepbrother and his girlfriend have been jailed for killing the 16-year-old during a sexually-motivated kidnap plot. | Becky Watts' stepbrother and his girlfriend have been jailed for killing the 16-year-old during a sexually-motivated kidnap plot. |
| Nathan Matthews, 28, was sentenced to 33 years for murder and Shauna Hoare, 21, given 17 years for manslaughter. | Nathan Matthews, 28, was sentenced to 33 years for murder and Shauna Hoare, 21, given 17 years for manslaughter. |
| At Bristol Crown Court, Judge Mr Justice Dingemans said he was sure on the evidence "the planned kidnap of Becky was for a sexual purpose". | At Bristol Crown Court, Judge Mr Justice Dingemans said he was sure on the evidence "the planned kidnap of Becky was for a sexual purpose". |
| Matthews suffocated his stepsister at her home in Bristol on 19 February. | Matthews suffocated his stepsister at her home in Bristol on 19 February. |
| He moved her body to the home he shared with Hoare and in the days that followed he used tools to dismember and package Becky's body. | He moved her body to the home he shared with Hoare and in the days that followed he used tools to dismember and package Becky's body. |
| Judge Dingemans told Hoare she had been convicted of manslaughter because she had participated in a kidnap where any "sober and reasonable person" would have known some harm would come to Becky. | Judge Dingemans told Hoare she had been convicted of manslaughter because she had participated in a kidnap where any "sober and reasonable person" would have known some harm would come to Becky. |
| He said the case was of a "particularly high" seriousness "because of the planning of the abduction for a sexual purpose, the taking of the implements described and a weapon (albeit non lethal) and the murder of Becky". | He said the case was of a "particularly high" seriousness "because of the planning of the abduction for a sexual purpose, the taking of the implements described and a weapon (albeit non lethal) and the murder of Becky". |
| Read more on the Becky Watts murder case: | Read more on the Becky Watts murder case: |
| The judge added it was a "further, and serious, aggravating feature" as both defendants had been "feigning concern with the family, as the family desperately searched for Becky". | |
| He said giving Matthews a life jail term with a minimum of 33 years meant the killer "will be 61 before he might be considered for release, and the reality is that he might never be released". | He said giving Matthews a life jail term with a minimum of 33 years meant the killer "will be 61 before he might be considered for release, and the reality is that he might never be released". |
| The judge appeared emotional as he paid tribute to Becky's family for the "dignified way in which they have conducted themselves throughout these proceedings". | |
| "Hearing the evidence during the trial has been difficult for anyone, but it is plain that it has been an immense burden for the family," he concluded. | "Hearing the evidence during the trial has been difficult for anyone, but it is plain that it has been an immense burden for the family," he concluded. |
| Matthews, a former Territorial Army soldier, had admitted killing and dismembering the teenager but claimed her death was an accident and he was only trying to scare her. | |
| Circular power saw | |
| Becky was killed at her home in Crown Hill on 19 February and her body was moved to Cotton Mill Lane, less than two miles away, where Matthews and Hoare lived together. | |
| While a missing person investigation was being carried out by police, Matthews bought a circular power saw, goggles, masks and cling film, which he used to dismember the body. | |
| The trial jury heard the couple had shared texts just weeks before Becky's death, referring to kidnapping schoolgirls. Teen-themed pornography was found bookmarked on a phone which they shared. | |
| Matthews confessed to watching pornography on a near-daily basis and the jury heard a video about the rape of a teenage girl was found on a laptop at their home. | |
| Earlier in court, witness impact statements were read out before the judge handed down the sentences. | |
| Tanya Watts, Becky's mother, said the details of her daughter's death were "unbearable" and every day was "a living nightmare". | |
| "It's like the worst of all horror movies but this is real, this is my child. She was only 16," her statement said. | |
| Becky's father, Darren Galsworthy, described what happened to his daughter as a plot that was "borne out of hatred, jealousy and greed". | |
| "They [Matthews and Hoare] sat in our home knowing what they had done and watched my very public descent into madness and despair." |