Stepbrother, partner get lengthy sentences from murdering, dismembering UK teen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, November 13, 2015 01:48 PM EST | Updated: Friday, November 13, 2015 02:37 PM EST
This is a undated handout photo issued by Avon and Somerset Police of Nathan Matthews, 28, who along with his girlfriend Shauna Hoare, 21, were sentenced for the murder of his step sister Becky Watts, 16, at Bristol Crown Court. Friday Nov. 13, 2015. The judge sentenced Matthews to at least 33-years and accomplice Hoare to 17-years. (Avon and Somerset Police/ via AP)
LONDON -- A judge has sentenced a British man to at least 33 years in prison for murdering and dismembering his teenage stepsister.
Nathan Matthews' girlfriend and accomplice, Shauna Hoare, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for manslaughter for her role in the killing.
The victim was 16-year-old Becky Watts. Matthews, 28, and Hoare, 21, used a circular saw to dismember her body.
Matthews suffocated Watts at her home in February while trying to kidnap her.
Judge James Dingeman, presiding at Bristol Crown Court, said he was certain the planned kidnapping that ended with Watt's death had been intended for sexual purposes.
