Definitely said it was the man. I'll have to check back and see if I can find where I read it again, but if it was a mistake they've probably changed it.
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Cheers in the public gallery as verdicts read out
There were cheers from Beckys relatives in the packed public gallery as the verdicts were read out by the male jury foreman in court two at Bristol Crown Court.
OHHHH i´m crying... only knew now... I'm crying...
It has been a great group debate.. Sadly (due to the nature of this forum) Gigi-G there will be another case to debate very soon, and many on-going. I have noticed us Brits tend to follow similar trials, not just in the UK but around the world. Stick around, it's been a pleasure to post with you! :loveyou:
Aha, here we are - it was the Mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/becky-watts-murder-trial-live-6808661
Friends and family of the popular teenager, including best friend Courtney Bicker, grandfather John Galsworthy, uncle Sam Galsworthy, brother Daniel Watts, stepmother Anjie - Matthews mother - father Darren Galsworthy and aunt Sarah Broom, sat in the public gallery wearing blue ribbons.
When the jury forewoman stood up to deliver the verdicts, the atmosphere in Courtroom 2 was tense with anticipation.
As the first verdict was returned - that Matthews kidnapped his stepsister with Hoare - people in the upstairs public gallery began clapping and shouting Yes.
You mean you won't be on other threads, no other cases? Please, Have you evaded the infamous websleuths addiction? It's kinda like pringles.. 'once you pop' Or maybe you just haven't felt the cravings yet
I have a feeling we will still be seeing you around
No, I suggested it when Retribution was posting, but it didn't happen and then Retri left us
I have, however, asked Kate B about having a general UK discussion thread somewhere downstairs (the Parking Lot & the Jury Room contain threads accessible only to members). She thinks it could work so fingers crossed. Who's coming?!
(Kate / Coldpizza - if you see this - pleeeeease??)
And yet we have the same paper saying forewoman here -
Shouts of 'Yes!' and clapping after verdicts
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/becky-watts-murder-trial-live-6808661
I've also seen forewoman stated in 3 other papers. think it is just an error when they said foreman.
It's just that the reporter (Richard Smith) seems to have made a point of specifying male, ie not just saying foreman, but "male jury foreman".
Not that it matters.
https://www.avonandsomerset.police....trial/tribute-to-becky-from-the-watts-family/
I think it's very sad that the Watts family have felt that they need to defend their wish to keep a low profile. I respect that, and have felt for them throughout. They seem to be very dignified people.
Now that the verdicts are in and there is some form of justice for Becky, I am beginning to feel sorry for the children than MN and SH were. I'm not excusing them for what they did, or saying I feel sorry for them now, because I don't. There is no excuse and nobody else to blame. I mean, if we had heard about them when they were little children and knew the situation they were in, I think we would all be very sad for them.
What 7 year old boy being given to his grandmother to look after, then seeing his own mother take on someone else's children (who call her 'mum') isn't going to have some kind of issues.
And what young girl, shifted from foster home to foster home, isn't going to be affected by her mother having more children who stay with her? What 14 girl isn't going to have some issues when her own mother, rather than guide and protects her, encourages a sexual relationship with a full grown man. Encourages an illegal sexual relationship?
I think there will be - and should be - a lot of soul searching.
Aha! Once you pop you cannot stop... oh indeed this Site has been my daily diet. Eat sleep and drink it lol. Ohh I'm hooked entirely I seem to think I've been bitten by the Websleuths bug! ��
If he got murder, and SH got manslaughter, I'm wondering if (like so many of us wondered) SH did the smothering to keep Becky quiet, whilst NM was strangling her?
I can't work out any other reason why he got murder but she got manslaughter, especially when both were found guilty of the conspiring to kidnap charge. Anyone?
Meant to reply to this earlier. I think Tania Watts and her mother have been very dignified throughout. This must have been horrendous for her ( as was for Becky's father's side of the family ) and I remember she felt unable to go to Becky's funeral. She also gave a reason which I wont repeat here as may or may not have been fact.
Her statement today was so eloquent and I thought her FLO was wonderful. She put so much meaning and intonation into the reading of the statement, you could almost imagine it as Becky's mum speaking the words.
I do hope MSM will leave them in peace and that they - Tania and her mother - will not be too distressed by all the stories and selling of information that will no doubt start now.
Well, what a day! I went into work thinking it would be a quiet few days while the jury deliberated, and came out to a verdict! Four verdicts, actually. I'm surprised that JI was found not guilty - although I actually believed he DID believe that he was moving NM's clothes and belongings. I thought the £5k coincidence might have persuaded the jury that he was getting paid to move it and therefore must've known it was dodgy in some way. Still, the mate-in-pub conversation is hearsay, I would think. Very glad that he and DD are found innocent.
I wasn't surprised by NM's verdict but though the SH one could go either way. Personally I think the circumstantial evidence was just too strong and overpowered her denials.
Poor DG and AG - the interview with them is heartbreaking. (oh, and beesknees - can you understand the accents?!). Their lives are just destroyed. I really hope this doesn't affect AG's health *too* much, but I presume that stress can make any chronic illness much worse. Ironic how NM claimed that he wanted to help his mum out, and he's probably done more than anyone to give her stress and heartache, sleepless nights and worry.