Dad of Becky Watts says he’s on ‘a lot of tablets’ to cope with the grief two years after the 16-year-old’s brutal murder
Darren Galsworthy blames himself for not being able to keep Becky safe
BECKY Watts' devastated dad has hinted he has turned to prescription drugs to numb the pain - two years after she was brutally murdered by her step-brother.
Darren Galsworthy says he blames himself for not protecting her from killers Nathan Matthews and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare.
The evil pair strangled the 16-year-old before chopping her up and hiding her corpse as part of a sick kidnap plot on February 19, 2015.
Darren's made the shock revelation on the second anniversary of her death.
He told : "On this day Becky fought her battle for her life and lost.
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"The thought of this day destroys me.
"As a father I feel I should have been there to protect her. But I went to work to provide for my family.
"I am on a lot of tablets now and I'm not sure how I'm going to get through it."
Darren has previously lashed out at his wife Anjie's son who he brought up as his own son, saying it was a "despicable act of evil that can never be forgiven or forgotten".
Since his conviction, Anjie has admitted she still loves her killer son, "but not the monster he turned into".
In November 2015, Matthews, was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 33 years.
Hoare was found guilty of Becky's manslaughter and sentenced to 17 years in prison.
The five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court heard Matthews and Hoare shared a warped sexual obsession with petite teenagers and threesome sex sessions.
So on February 19, 2015, the pair went to 16-year-old Becky’s home armed with a “kidnap kit” including handcuffs and two stun guns.
The slight schoolgirl suffered more than 40 injuries as she desperately fought for her life.
Becky was eventually suffocated and her corpse sawed up in a bath.
The cold-blooded killers then bundled Becky’s body into the boot of their Vauxhall Zafira — before staying at the family home for another six hours as if nothing had happened.
Back at their home two miles away Becky’s corpse was chopped into eight pieces with an £80 circular saw bought from B&Q.
In June last year the couple lost a bid to quash their combined sentences of 50 years for her murder.
Judges said they were satisfied there is "no reasonable argument" that the convictions were "unsafe or that the sentences were wrong".
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