Becky Watts trial: The first few days at Bristol Crown Court

October 10, 2015, 5:24 am

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The trial into the alleged murder of Bristol teenager Becky Watts started this week.During the first few days of the trial a jury at Bristol Crown Court has heard from the prosecution on what they believe happened to the 16-year-old and the events after her death. Witnesses called have so far included the family of Shauna Hoare.Thursday, February 19:Becky Watts, 16, returns to her home. Her step-mum Anjie is at home, while her dad is at work.Anjie leaves the house to go to a hospital...

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Becky Watts trial: Colleagues use work van to move body of...

October 10, 2015, 5:43 am

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A jury has been told how friends of Nathan Matthews used a work van to help move the body of Becky Watts.But the pair denies they had any knowledge of what they were moving.A colleague of Karl Demetrius and James Ireland has told Bristol Crown Court that they left a nightshift and used a work van for a 'job' and were paid for their efforts.Nathan Bignell was a trainee parts inspector working for a firm contracted by Airbus at their Filton site.Mr Bignell said when the pair returned to the shift...

Becky Watts trial: Man accused of helping to move body of...

October 12, 2015, 4:35 am

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A man accused of helping to move the body of Becky Watts was not himself at the time of the investigation.As the trial into the alleged murder of the teenager continued a client of Donovan Demetrius told Bristol Crown Court that the sales manager had been tired and quieter at the time.Benjamin Fairley told the jury that Demetrius worked at the Home Bargains store in Brislington.He said that on February 24 Demetrius came into work feeling tired.Mr Fairley told the jury Demetrius said: "I...

Becky Watts trial: Video of Shauna Hoare's police interview

October 12, 2015, 10:18 pm

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The couple charged with the alleged murder of teenager Becky Watts gave similar accounts of the day she went missing. Bristol Crown Court has been hearing what Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare told police. Matthews said he and Shauna Hoare visited the home of his step-sister Becky, 16, in Crown Hill on February 19, knowing that his mum would be at a hospital appointment. He said it appeared that Becky had gone out because he heard the front door slam. Matthews told police: "We...

Woman blackmailing men after sex act is recorded via Skype

October 12, 2015, 11:22 pm

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Men in Bath are being warned about a woman who gets them to perform a sex act on Skype only to blackmail them afterwards.Police are warning men across the region after 20 reports in the Hertfordshire area.The woman is targeting men via social media pages such as Facebook and Twitter.The male victims, aged between 17 and 36 years old, are contacted by someone they describe as a "young, attractive woman".They start talking, and soon get on the video chat service Skype. The woman...

Three drug dealers sent to prison: regional news

October 13, 2015, 8:55 am

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Three men have been sent to prison for dealing drugs in the Easton area of Bristol.A judge sentenced the group to a combined total of ten years at Bristol Crown Court on Monday, October 12.Hakim Shariff, aged 27 of Halston Drive in St Pauls', was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of Being Concerned in the Supply of Heroin and Cocaine and Possession of Cannabis. Saad Maygag, aged 32 of Whitehall Road in Easton received a sentence of three years and three months also for...

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October 13, 2015, 9:39 am

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Meat and alcohol burglar sentenced to jail: regional news

October 13, 2015, 10:38 am

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A burglar who threatened shop staff with a screwdriver after stealing meat and alcohol from Sainsbury's in Devizes has been jailed.Robert Gavin, 40, of no fixed abode, broke into the closed store on Sunday September 13.Staff were busy stacking shelves after hours when Gavin took a quantity of meat then left. He returned a few moments later and took a bottle of whisky. As he left the store for a second time a member of staff challenged him, whereupon Robert Gavin produced a screwdriver and...

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Gang of drug dealers get ten years in prison

October 13, 2015, 10:44 pm

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A group of men have been sent to prison for dealing drugs in the region.Three men have been sent to prison for dealing drugs in the Easton area of Bristol.Hakim Shariff, aged 27 of Halston Drive in St Paul's, was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of Being Concerned in the Supply of Heroin and Cocaine and Possession of Cannabis.Saad Maygag, aged 32 of Whitehall Road in Easton, was given three years and three months for Being Concerned in the Supply of Heroin and Cocaine...

Becky Watts trial: Jury shown teenager's home, bedroom and shed...

October 13, 2015, 11:09 pm

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Jury members involved in the Becky Watts murder trial have visited properties associated with the case.The panel of ten women and two men, accompanied by the judge and barristers, were taken to the 16-year-old's home in St George, Bristol.They were then shown the home of Shauna Hoare and Nathan Matthews in Barton Hill. And finally they visited the back garden of another home in Barton Hill where officers discovered Becky's body parts.Trial judge The Honourable Mr Justice James Dingemans was...

Becky Watts trial: Teenager described as attention seeking

October 13, 2015, 11:29 pm

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Becky Watts has been described as attention seeking by one of her alleged killers.In her interview with police during the investigation into the 16-year-old's disappearance Shauna Hoare said Becky could manipulate people to get her own way.In her description, sometimes referring to Becky in past tense, Hoare would say that the teenager would leave her dirty clothes around her home and ask for money.Hoare told police: "She was very good at making people do what she wanted, one way or...

In the courts: Latest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court

October 14, 2015, 5:39 am

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William Charles Derrick, 60, Leys Lane, Frome, was given three points on his driving licence and ordered to pay £120 for driving at 35 miles an hour along the A4 Bath Road.Paul Harrison, 51, Under Knoll, Peasedown St John, was given three points on his driving licence and ordered to pay £327 for driving at 35 miles an hour along the A367 Wells Way.Perry Stroud, The Oval, Bath, was given three points on his driving licence and ordered to pay £375 for driving at 35 miles an hour...

Man caught driving three times over drink drive limit

October 14, 2015, 5:44 am

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A man has been disqualified from driving for being caught more than three times over the drink drive limit.Christopher John Brodrick, 66, Chatley Furlong, Norton St. Philip, was caught with 114 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath while driving along the B3139 Kilmersdon on June 17.The legal limit is 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath.Brodrick was disqualified from driving for 24 months by Bath Magistrates and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60, Crime...

Becky Watts trial: Police officer describes gruesome moment he...

October 14, 2015, 8:17 am

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A police officer has described in court the gruesome moment when he discovered Becky Watts' remains.Detective Sergeant John Dowding told jury members how he searched a home in Barton Court in Bristol.The officer told Bristol Crown Court he went to the area of the property late on Monday, March 2.He said firstly he stopped a blue Ford Fiesta in Marsh Lane, in which the driver was James Ireland and the front seat passenger was Karl Demetrius.He then described how he and colleague DC Walker went to...

Bath man who ran a brothel in Belgrave Place has to pay...

October 14, 2015, 9:00 pm

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The man who ran a brothel at a house in Bath has been ordered to pay £100,000 or go to prison.David Malcolm Lord admitted keeping and managing the brothel in Belgrave Place during a court appearance last month.Police had estimated from accounts kept by the 71-year-old that he made £100,000 from the brothel over a period of about one and a half years.Judge Geoffrey Mercer QC sentenced Lord on Friday, issuing him with a £100,000 confiscation order to be paid within three months...

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​Becky Watts sustained 40 injuries before she died, jury hears

October 15, 2015, 12:05 am

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A pathologist has concluded that Becky Watts sustained 40 injuries before she died and was dismembered.Dr Deborah Cook told the Bristol Crown Court that the 16-year-old's body was sawn into eight pieces.Fifteen stab wounds and a slash wound on the youngster's torso were inflicted after her death, she said.The home office pathologist said she carried out a post-mortem examination after body parts were recovered from a shed in Barton Court in Bristol.Becky's family members, including her father,...

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October 15, 2015, 5:16 am

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A lecturer at the University of Bath quit after being kicked off a plane for being drunk – and slapping the arresting officer in the face.Sociology lecturer Leah Wild resigned from her post as director of studies immediately after the incident in April last year.The 44-year-old had started drinking when her flight to Portugal was delayed at Bristol Airport for three hours.She and her 23-year-old friend Reuben Crowe became rowdy and were "clearly drunk", talking loudly and playing...

Bath brothel keeper spared jail after prostitutes give him...

October 15, 2015, 6:50 am

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The man who ran a brothel at a house in Bath was spared jail thanks to glowing character references from prostitutes.David Malcolm Lord was ordered to pay £100,000 after admitting to keeping and managing the brothel at his Victorian home in Belgrave Place.The sum is equivalent to the amount police estimated he made from his "escort agency" Bath Babes over 20 months.Lord will go to prison if he does not pay the full amount within three months, and was also handed a one-year prison...

Becky Watts: Pictures of bags containing tools and body parts...

October 16, 2015, 12:01 am

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Pictures of the suitcases and bags that contained Becky Watts' remains have been released. The items, as well as an assortment of tools and clothing, were shown to a visibly upset public gallery during the seventh day of the 16-year-old's murder trial at Bristol Crown Court. The court heard a description of the various items that were contained within the bags. Crime scene investigator Lucy Pinkard, who was handed a rucksack taken from a shed at Barton Court when she attended the scene on...

Bath Magistrates' Court: Cases from the court

October 19, 2015, 12:57 am

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Ryan Lee Ansell, 21 of Redland Park in Bath, was ordered to pay £350 and was given a one-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to damaging wing mirrors of a car.Brian James Frederick Kirby, 56 of Kewstoke Road in Bath, was ordered to pay £425 after pleading guilty to possessing 7.5 grams of cannabis.Matthew Batt, 32 of Charlton Road in Keynsham, was ordered to pay £175 and carry out unpaid work after failing to attend unpaid work as required by a previous community...