Scottish Daily Mail

Four charged in Becky case

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THREE men and a woman appeared in court yesterday accused of helping to hide the dismembere­d body of murdered teenager Becky Watts, pictured.

Karl Demetrius, 29 and his 23- year- old girlfriend, Jaydene Parsons, were charged with assisti ng an offender after the 16year- old’s r emains were found in their home on Monday.

The couple allegedly acted to help Becky’s stepbrothe­r Nathan Matthews, who has been charged with her murder, evade detection.

Karl’s twin Donovan and James Ireland, 23, also stood in the dock at Bristol Magistrate­s Court charged with the s ame off ence of assisting in t he ‘disposal and concealmen­t’ of body parts.

Relatives crammed into the public gallery wept as District Judge Lynne Matthews remanded them in custody.

No applicatio­ns for bail were made but Parsons’s lawyer said she ‘vehemently denies any involvemen­t’.

Earlier Matthews, 28, was remanded in custody for his own protection.

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