GUILTY UK - Rebecca Watts, 16, Bristol, 19 Feb 2015 #4

[epiphany]

<snip> Paul Cook, representing Matthews, said his client was not making an application for bail.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/stepbrother-in-court-over-becky-watts-murder-1.2128988

http://www.albionchambers.co.uk/paul-cook

 

[leah]

Adele Robinson &#8207;@SkyNewsAdele · 3 mins3 minutes ago
All four defendants now in dock. They are charged with assisting an offender.

Adele Robinson &#8207;@SkyNewsAdele · 3 mins3 minutes ago
The offence is this: "without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, did act, namely assist in the disposal &concealment of the body parts..

Adele Robinson &#8207;@SkyNewsAdele · 2 mins2 minutes ago
All four are remanded in custody to appear at Bristol Crown Court on the 26th of March.

Why? I don't care how good a friend a person has, how many friends would do something like this, I would like to hope not many. And the woman JP, isn't she the one who called in the tip? Why would you call in a tip under the circumstances. Just know I must be missing something.

 

[Cherwell]

What on earth was the motive here?

Murders of young girls are sadly not uncommon, and the reasons behind them are usually sexual.

 

[sar2them1984]

If you look at google maps and cross reference using the bodies of water and roundabout, Richmond Villas can be located in this image:

http://www.bristolport.co.uk/maps

It would be interesting to know where (if anywhere) JI worked.

Both him and one of the Demetrius brothers worked for Airbus

 

[Wallace]

Concealment of the body parts of Rebecca Watts. So they have been charged with disposing and concealing the body parts. This could go either way for them, I'm dubious just how much they were aware exactly what they were concealing although they may have panicked when they realised he'd been arrested hence why it took them so long to come forward. MOO. Also wondering if they do indeed have all of Rebecca, as awful as that sounds to consider

They didn't come forward they were arrested.

This wasn't a small locked attache case that they were hiding it was a body. I really hope for their sake their defence is not built around them not knowing what they were being asked to hide/dispose of. I'm not going to give a specific example as it's a morbid subject but just think about how plausible it is that they didn't know it was body parts.

 

[leah]

<snip> Paul Cook, representing Matthews, said his client was not making an application for bail.

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/stepbrother-in-court-over-becky-watts-murder-1.2128988

http://www.albionchambers.co.uk/paul-cook

His expertise is interesting, appears he has a very good lawyer.

 

[eneri12]

Sorry, I'm going on the assumption that the tip off came from JP

 

[leah]

Sorry, I'm going on the assumption that the tip off came from JP

I thought it was the tip called in from JP, though maybe I'm wrong.

 

[Wallace]

His expertise is interesting, appears he has a very good lawyer.

Looks like he has experience of a wide range of cases in areas which could well cross over with this one. Although a lot of that experience appears to be as junior counsel.

 

[leah]

Concealment of the body parts of Rebecca Watts. So they have been charged with disposing and concealing the body parts. This could go either way for them, I'm dubious just how much they were aware exactly what they were concealing although they may have panicked when they realised he'd been arrested hence why it took them so long to come forward. MOO. Also wondering if they do indeed have all of Rebecca, as awful as that sounds to consider

Even if you weren't exactly aware of what you were concealing, I would ask a ton of questions before I would say yes or no. Hard to imagine a person would just hide something and be okay with it. But then, we aren't sure of the connection between all the people.

 

[ChuckieD]

They didn't come forward they were arrested.

This wasn't a small locked attache case that they were hiding it was a body. I really hope for their sake their defence is not built around them not knowing what they were being asked to hide/dispose of. I'm not going to give a specific example as it's a morbid subject but just think about how plausible it is that they didn't know it was body parts.

Yeah, if a friend of mine's sister went missing and he then asked me to hide bags/boxes of stuff in my shed I guarantee I'd be checking what's in them, I don't think any of them are that naive.

 

[Wallace]

I thought it was the tip called in from JP, though maybe I'm wrong.

Still don't think we have a clue who it was.

I am sure the original wording was tip off.

Odd word to use if it came from someone currently under arrest. So for me that rules out NM and SH.

One person has walked free from this, aren't they the most likely out of all those arrested?

 

[Supernovae]

Why? I don't care how good a friend a person has, how many friends would do something like this, I would like to hope not many. And the woman JP, isn't she the one who called in the tip? Why would you call in a tip under the circumstances. Just know I must be missing something.

As I said earlier, if they did this, I can't imagine they'd been choirboys up until that point. NM must have known who to turn to, whether their reasons for agreeing to it were friendship or financial.

 

[Hexenb]

I think it is Airbus

 

[ChuckieD]

Why? I don't care how good a friend a person has, how many friends would do something like this, I would like to hope not many. And the woman JP, isn't she the one who called in the tip? Why would you call in a tip under the circumstances. Just know I must be missing something.

Maybe they were stupid enough to think the police would just assume they were being good citizens who happened upon this poor girl - usually all those dog walkers and joggers who find bodies are hailed heroes and given a huge pat on the back. Now I am wondering if Becky was moved from the house to the shed for the purpose of the tip off.

 

[shadowdancer]

I still can't even begin to think what motive he had for this terrible crime.

 

[laurauk1]

From Caron Bell, ITVs Twitter

@CaronBellITV: Alleged offences took place between 22 Feb and 3 March: indicates police evidence that #BeckyWatts was dead 4 days after she went missing.

 

[Wallace]

Maybe they were stupid enough to think the police would just assume they were being good citizens who happened upon this poor girl - usually all those dog walkers and joggers who find bodies are hailed heroes and given a huge pat on the back. Now I am wondering if Becky was moved from the house to the shed for the purpose of the tip off.

Unless you have no sense of smell you would not keep decomposing body parts in a warm house. Even after one day the smell would be overpowering.

 

[Cherwell]

Maybe they were stupid enough to think the police would just assume they were being good citizens who happened upon this poor girl - usually all those dog walkers and joggers who find bodies are hailed heroes and given a huge pat on the back. Now I am wondering if Becky was moved from the house to the shed for the purpose of the tip off.

Yes, they missed a trick there. They should have acquired a dog and gone for a walk in the woods.

 

[annablume]

Yeah, if a friend of mine's sister went missing and he then asked me to hide bags/boxes of stuff in my shed I guarantee I'd be checking what's in them, I don't think any of them are that naive.

They could be know to each other through criminal activity. So thought they knew what was being hidden as it's not the first time they had harboured things.

"my sister has gone missing and the police will be sniffing round. I've still the got boxes of dvdS/ tvs /laptops we nicked last month, we are both going to get done for burglary if they are found. Can i put them in your shed untill it cools down."