Becky Watts murder trial: Jury visits her home

Jurors in the Bristol teenager’s murder trial today visited where the 16-year-old died, the bathroom where she was dismembered and the garden where her body parts were found.

Hoare told detectives she went to Becky’s home with Matthews to return a cake tin they had borrowed.

Hoare told police she thought Becky had left her home in a “tantrum”.

During day four of the Becky Watts murder trial the jury also heard about Hoare’s police interviews.

“I heard stomping down the stairs, because that’s what made me think Becky had left in a mood”, Shauna told police in the recorded interview, shown to Bristol Crown Court.

“Anjie said to me that Becky wouldn’t be stupid enough to get into a stranger’s vehicle but would she get into a auto of someone she thinks she knows?”, Hoare said.

Afterwards they bundled her body into the boot of their black Vauxhall Zafira and drove home with their child in the back seat, a jury was told.

It is alleged he suffocated Becky in her bedroom before moving her body to another property, cutting her into several pieces and then concealing them in bags in a neighbour’s shed.

The jury also heard evidence that the house Ms Hoare and Mr Matthews shared was impossible to search due to the amount of junk hoarded inside.

The judge had earlier warned the jury that the police had completely emptied the house as part of their inquiries and although everything had been returned it may not be in the same position or even the same room as before.

Prosecutors claim Becky was suffocated in her bedroom on Thursday February 19 – the day she vanished.

“It was as if she was in a bit of a tantrum about something and went out”.

She described how Mrs Galsworthy and Becky’s father became increasingly concerned for her welfare because no one, including boyfriend Luke Oberhansli, had heard from her. She was reported missing the following day on February 20.

The pair then put their youngster to bed and started playing the board game.

Hoare, who the jury saw giggling in a police video of an initial interview she gave, denies any knowledge of Becky’s killing.

But the bath – where Becky’s body is said to have been dismembered – is noticeably clean and tidy, along with the tiles around it.

The jury has heard Becky’s body parts were wrapped in “yards and yards” of cling film and moved to a garden shed outside a house 80 metres from Matthews and Hoare’s home.

Hoare denies murder, conspiracy to kidnap, perverting the course of justice, preventing burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon.

Matthews admits charges including manslaughter, perverting the course of justice, preventing Becky’s lawful burial and possession of a prohibited weapon, but denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap.

Donovan Demetrius, 29, of Redfield, Bristol, and James Ireland, 23, of Avonmouth, each deny assisting an offender. Both maintain they were unaware of what the packages actually contained.