Becky’s stepbrother Nathan Matthews has admitting killing the 16-year-old, but denies murder saying it was not intentional.
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Saturday February 28 – More than 150 people joined a community search of an area around Becky’s home in St George’s.
The 16-year-old went missing from her home in Bristol in February and her body parts were discovered in a shed several days later.
Opening the prosecution case, William Mousley QC said the pair killed Becky in her bedroom and then dismembered her in the bathroom, The Guardian reports.
It is not known exactly what time Becky was killed but she sent her final text to a friend at 11.03am.
Matthews stood in the dock alongside Hoare, and pleaded not guilty to murder, but admitted to police he had strangled her.
Matthews told police in interview he had meant to kidnap Becky to scare her and “teach her lesson” because she was selfish and he didn’t like the way she treated his mother Anjie Galsworthy, who is married to Becky’s father Darren.
Jurors were also told the attack was “sexually motivated” by a couple who held “a shared unnatural interest in attractive teenage females”.
“He said he waited until Shauna had gone to bed before putting the bags into the house”, Mr Mousley said. Hoare, who was pregnant at the time, denies any involvement.
When arrested, she denied all knowledge of Becky’s death.
Mr Matthews, of Hazelbury Drive in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, preventing the lawful burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon, but denies conspiracy to kidnap.
Karl Demetrius, 29, his brother Donovan Demetrius, 29, Jaydene Parsons, 23, and Jamie Ireland, 23 – are charged with assisting an offender.
The jury heard DNA associated with Hoare was found on the inside of a safety mask and on the inside of a knot in a bag used to wrap up Becky’s remains.
The trial, which is expected to last six weeks, continues.
AM – Matthews bought drain cleaner from a local store, and went to B&Q in Horfield, Bristol, to buy a circular power saw, gloves, face masks and goggles.
However, they maintain they “did not know or believe” the bags contained Becky’s body.
The pair remained at the property for eight hours before returning to their home in Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol.
Matthews even queried the price of the saw before purchase.
And the following day on February 22, when the first public appeal over Becky’s disappearance was made, the couple were said to have headed to Broadmead shopping centre for more supplies. They are captured in a 99p store at around 11.33am in Wilko at 12.01pm.
Evening – Back at Matthews” home, Hoare searches on YouTube for “Do you want to hide a body?’ James Ireland, 23, and Donovan Demetrius, 29, deny the charge.
“Tuesday 24 February – In the early hours of the morning, a van is caught on CCTV driving between Cotton Mill Lane and Demetrius” home at Barton Court – a few 80 metres away from one another.
They ordered a Chinese takeaway before using their phones to browse for television programmes and order a pizza.
Crime scene investigators search the couple’s home and discover blood on the doorframe.
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“He said there was a short struggle and during it his mask had slipped, so she could see him, so he put her in the bag and strangled her”.
