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Becky Watts trial - Day 7

The trial of four people arrested in connection with the murder of Becky Watts continues hearing evidence today. Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare deny kidnapping and murdering the teen. James Ireland and Donovan Demetrius deny assisting an offender.

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Becky Watts Trial: Stun guns found at home of murder accused

Two stun guns disguised as torches and with power of more than 8,200 volts each were found at the home of Matthews and Hoare.

One police officer told the jury how he came across a stun gun in the living room of the house.

PC Jeremy Gale told Bristol Crown Court how he first recalled seeing the item on a glass-topped table in the living room of the house when he carried out an initial search.

Two days later, senior officers showed him a picture of the stun-gun - when an instruction booklet was discovered - where he he told them he had seen it.

But when he went back to recover it, it had been moved into a van which had been piled high with items from the house.

I was shown a picture of the item, I then remembered I had seen the item in the ground floor front room of the address. This was now being stored in a van.

– PC Jeremy Gale
A police officer told the jury how he found a stun gun at the home of Matthews and Hoare. Credit: Avon & Somerset Police

Another stun gun was found in the rear bedroom, while PC Giles Fletcher was searching a black bag from the front room.

I found a black torch with 'police' written on the side. I believed this to be a stun gun as it had an extra switch on the bottom which didn't look normal.

I asked for the fire arms unit to make the torch safe.

– PC Giles Fletcher

Katherine Scott, a forensic scientist specialising in fire arms said she believed the first stun gun would have been around 8,230 volts, while the second around 8,450 volts.

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