Becky Watts stepbrother sentenced to 33 years for murder

Trial judge Mr Justice Dingemans’ voice broke as he sentenced the “corrupted and warped” couple.

Matthews, 28, the stepbrother of schoolgirl Becky Watts was been found guilty of murdering her during a sexually motivated kidnap earlier this week.

He suffocated his 16-year-old stepsister while trying to kidnap her from her semi-detached home in Crown Hill, Bristol, on 19 February.

His girlfriend Shauna Hoare was cleared of her murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

Matthews had claimed he killed her after panicking during an attempt to kidnap her but insisted Hoare had no part in it, Bristol Crown Court heard.

Becky suffered more than 40 injuries to her body as she bravely fought for her life against porn-obsessed Matthews and his partner.

Matthews dragged her body into the boot of his Vauxhall Zafira and drove it to the home he shared with girlfriend Hoare, 21, less than two miles away in Cotton Mill Lane.

Over the next three days, Matthews bought a circular saw, goggles, masks, bags, cling film and tape to cut up and package Becky’s body.

Matthews dismembered her body in the bathroom of their home.

The court heard the pair laughed as they watched a parody of a Disney Frozen song, entitled Do You Want To Hide A Body, while Becky’s remains lay just rooms away.

Packages containing Becky’s eight body parts were stored in suitcases and a box, then moved into a shed in Barton Court – just 80 metres away – in the early hours of February 24.

By that time, Avon and Somerset Police had launched the force’s largest missing person’s investigation. Becky’s remains were then discovered on March 3.

A jury of 10 women and one man at Bristol Crown Court returned verdicts after just three hours and 27 minutes of deliberations on six charges against Matthews, Hoare, and two men accused of helping to move and hide Becky’s body parts.