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Becky Watts' killer jailed for minimum of 33 years

Nathan Matthews has been jailed for life with a minimum of 33 years for killing his stepsister Becky Watts.

Matthews, 28, was found guilty of murdering the 16-year-old in a sexually motivated plot before dismembering her body in the bath.

His girlfriend Shauna Hoare, who was found guilty of manslaughter, was jailed for 17 years.

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Becky Watts' killers set to be sentenced

Nathan Matthews, 28, and girlfriend Shaunna Hoare, 21, are set to learn their fate. Credit: Avon and Somerset Police

Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare will be sentenced on Friday over the murder of Bristol teenager Becky Watts.

Matthews, 28, was found guilty of murdering Becky, his 16-year-old step-sister, during a "violent struggle" after the couple's plans to kidnap her went wrong.

He subsequently stabbed her 15 times after her death before later dismembering her and hiding her body parts in a suitcase in a neighbours shed.

Watts was described as a 'loving' and 'fiesty' teenager. Credit: ITV News

Hoare, 21, was acquitted of murder but convicted of manslaughter following a trial over the sexually motivated attack.

Over the course of the proceedings, Bristol Crown Court heard that the pair had a "deep-rooted hatred" for Becky and shared "twisted sexual desires" about petite teenage girls.

Speaking following their conviction, Becky's family paid tribute to a "loyal, loving, smiley, fiesty and caring" girl.

Later, Becky's father Darren Galsworthy - sat alongside his wife, Matthews' mother Angie-Mae Galsworthy - told ITV's Good Morning Britain the killers had "no right to walk God's green earth".

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