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| Becky Watts death: Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare appeals thrown out | Becky Watts death: Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare appeals thrown out |
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| The killers of teenager Becky Watts have had applications to appeal their convictions and sentences thrown out. | The killers of teenager Becky Watts have had applications to appeal their convictions and sentences thrown out. |
| Nathan Matthews, 29, was jailed for 33 years for murdering his 16-year-old stepsister in a sexually-motivated kidnap plot and dismembering her body. | Nathan Matthews, 29, was jailed for 33 years for murdering his 16-year-old stepsister in a sexually-motivated kidnap plot and dismembering her body. |
| Shauna Hoare, 22, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 17 years. | Shauna Hoare, 22, was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter and jailed for 17 years. |
| The latest ruling comes after a single judge rejected an earlier application by the pair to appeal. | The latest ruling comes after a single judge rejected an earlier application by the pair to appeal. |
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| The Court of Appeal said there was no "reasonable argument" the convictions were unsafe or the sentences "manifestly excessive". | The Court of Appeal said there was no "reasonable argument" the convictions were unsafe or the sentences "manifestly excessive". |
| The teenager's dismembered body was found after she went missing from her home in Bristol in February 2015. | The teenager's dismembered body was found after she went missing from her home in Bristol in February 2015. |
| Her disappearance was initially treated as a missing person investigation by police. | |
| The trial in November heard she was suffocated by Matthews and her body transported to her stepbrother's home, where it was hidden in a shed. | |
| Jurors were told Matthews and Hoare shared a dislike of Becky and a sexual interest in teenage girls, which were motives in their plot to kidnap her. | |
| The couple shared texts just weeks before the teenager's death, referring to kidnapping schoolgirls and teen-themed pornography was found bookmarked on a phone which they shared. | |
| In March, Becky Watt's father Darren Galsworthy told the BBC the pair "had destroyed his family". | |
| Becky Watts father 'would pull lever himself' if death penalty available | |
| Becky Watts murder was culmination of 'sexually motivated' kidnap | |
| Becky Watts 'was just beginning to enjoy life' | |
| Det Insp Richard Ocone, from Avon and Somerset Police, said: "Our thoughts remain with Becky's family and friends who have had to endure several court hearings following the trial last year. | |
| "We hope they will be able to take some closure from this decision which was the last attempt by Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare to challenge their prison sentences." | |
| In February, a carved wooden bench was unveiled in memory of Becky in the city. A community garden is being created in Barton Hill close to where her body was discovered. | |
| Becky's family has raised £4,000 for the Support After Murder and Manslaughter charity which helps bereaved families. | |
| Two other men - Donovan Demetrius, 29, and James Ireland, 23 - were acquitted of a charge of assisting an offender, related to the moving and storage of Becky's body parts. |