Becky Watts' dad says her murderer should be executed

Nathan Matthews is serving 33 years for the murder of his stepsister. Credit: Avon and Somerset Police

Becky Watts' dad has said her killer should have faced the death penalty for murdering the teenager.

Darren Galsworthy said murderer Nathan Matthews had evaded justice and should be hanged.

Matthews murdered Becky after hatching a sexually-motivated plot to kidnap her with his girlfriend Shauna Hoare who was convicted of manslaughter.

Speaking on the BBC's Newsnight programme, Mr Galsworthy added that he would carry out the execution personally so "no one else would have to carry that guilt."

Darren Galsworthy said he did not feel as if he had, had justice for Becky's murder. Credit: Ben Birchall / PA Wire/PA Images
Becky was described as 'beautiful, kind, loving, loyal, feisty and creative'. Credit: ITV News

Becky was killed in February last year after being attacked in her bedroom.

She suffered more than 40 injuries before being suffocated by Matthews.

Her body was dismembered in the couple's home in Cotton Mill Lane, Bristol, and was discovered by police in a nearby garden shed.

In November, Matthews was convicted of Becky's murder and jailed for a minimum of 33 years.

Hoare was jailed for 17 years. Both were also convicted of conspiring to kidnap her.

Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare. Credit: Avon and Somerset Police

Mr Galsworthy, who has a "recurring dream" that he is witnessing his daughter's murder, said he is still waiting for answers from Matthews. The killer always maintained his step-sister's death was a kidnap-gone-wrong.

Mr Galsworthy said: "I want the truth, that's all we ever wanted.

"Not this useless stack of lies that he's tried to come up with."