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Becky Watts trial - Day 11

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: Matthews wanted to make Becky 'more appreciative of life'

Matthews told police he may have got his kidnap plan 'from TV', and he had plotted to carry it out to make Becky "more appreciative of life".

In two further interviews - in which Matthews was described as "sobbing" - he said come up with the idea to scare the teen.

Obviously I came up with the plan to scare her.

Like to try and basically make her more appreciative of life, like more appreciative of people, like she would be grateful that she had not been harmed.

She would leave things out for my mum to trip over and talk to her like dirt on the floor.

I thought if I was able to scare her and she would not be harmed when she got back she would have been scared and more appreciative of things.

I would have stuck her in a suitcase. I would have put tape around her mouth so she would not make a noise.

– Nathan Matthews

He said he planned to make an excuse to his girlfriend Shauna Hoare and then drive to a "wooded area".

I would still have the mask on and scare her and say something along the lines of 'you have to start treating people better and not be a b**ch and self centered and make a threat that this could happen again or worse."

– Nathan Matthews
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