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Video Of 'Killer Buying Saw That Cut Up Becky'

CCTV footage has emerged of the stepbrother of Becky Watts buying a saw he allegedly used to cut up her body after killing her.

The video shows the murder co-accused, Nathan Matthews, walking in the aisle of a B&Q store in Bristol on 20 February - the day after the 16-year-old girl's death.

He was pictured looking at certain items and it is understood he bought a circular saw, gloves, a face mask and goggles.

Bristol Crown Court heard from shop assistant Kelly Lee who served him, and she said she put the items through the till before he questioned the price of the saw.

Ms Lee checked the price and it was the one that she had stated, the court heard.

She told the trial: "The customer said he needed it for today so he would take the items. He was quite happy to pay the price that was showing."

Matthews, 28, and girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, are accused of murdering Becky in her Bristol home, with prosecutors alleging the pair embarked on a sexually motivated plan together to kidnap and kill her.

Becky's body was allegedly put in the boot of the couple's Vauxhall Zafira car. The car was left outside Becky's house until the evening, when they drove home to Cotton Mill Lane in Bristol.

Matthews allegedly smothered Becky to death. He has admitted killing her but denies murder and conspiracy to kidnap.

He has pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, preventing burial of a corpse and possessing a prohibited weapon.

Matthews has insisted Hoare had nothing to do with the killing and told police he put Becky's body into the boot of the Vauxhall without his girlfriend knowing.

He said they drove home and when Hoare had gone to bed he took the teenager's body from the car and into their house.

Matthews claimed over the coming days he dismembered Becky's corpse with a circular power saw bought from B&Q and wrapped the remains up in plastic bags, the court heard.

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

Detective Constable Clare French told the court how she went to Matthews and Hoare's home on the evening of 23 February in order to search it - but the defendants were not there.

She rang Matthews' mobile phone and spoke to Hoare, who said they were going to her stepfather's home in Southmead, Bristol and then out for a meal with him and would not return until the following day.

Det Con French and colleague Detective Constable Haley Matthews then went to Hoare's stepfather's home and spoke to the pair when they arrived.

Matthews told the detective that on the day of Becky's death, he and Hoare had gone to the teenager's home, arriving at sometime between 11am and midday, letting themselves in with a key that Anjie Galsworthy - Matthews' mother - had left.

Matthews stated he heard music coming from Becky's bedroom and around 30 minutes later he heard the music stop and the front door slam.

"Nathan stated that he didn't see Rebecca inside and he didn't go up the stairs or look out of the window after hearing the front door slam," she said.

Meanwhile, a next-door neighbour of the accused pair told the court she heard a series of unusual noises coming from their home .

Sarah Webb said Matthews and Hoare seemed to have a half-hour long heated argument on the day before the 16-year-old vanished.

The next day she described hearing "lots of running up and down stairs, banging, scraping, doors slamming" at the home.

The trial continues.