JEWELLERY including Cartier and Amadeus watches and diamond rings were among goods worth £124,000 stolen from the home of a businessman shot dead during a botched burglary, a court has heard.

Guy Hedger, 61, was killed during the raid at his £1 million home in Castlewood, Ashley, near Ringwood, in the early hours of April 30.

The trial at Winchester Crown Court has heard that the raiders shot Mr Hedger after his husband, Simon-Pierre Hedger-Cooper, pressed a panic button as they were being held at gunpoint in their bedroom.

The jury was told that among the items stolen were a Pandora bracelet which Mr Hedger had given to his civil partner of 10 years and which had charms including their star signs and a bible.

Other items taken included a 14 carat gold ring with rubies and emeralds, a Tiffany necklace and several watches including brands Amadeus and Cartier.

Also stolen were a Louis Vuitton wash bag worth about £650 given to Mr Hedger-Cooper by his partner for Christmas 2012 and a larger bag of the same brand worth £1,200.

Julie Green, the half sister of defendant Scott Keeping, told the trial that her half brother was a long-term drug addict and drinker since he was a teenager.

She agreed with the suggestions of Keeping's barrister, Nigel Pascoe QC, that Keeping and his wife and co-defendant Helen were "absolutely chaotic".

Ms Green said she received a vehicle registration document in the post on April 24 addressed to a Scott White.

She said Keeping came to her home a few days later with co-defendant Jason Baccus saying the document was his and said it was for a Ford Focus parked on the street outside her Bournemouth home.

The prosecution allege that a Ford Focus was used by the defendants during the burglary.

Baccus, 42, and Keeping, 44, both of Verney Close, Bournemouth, along with Kevin Downton, 40, of Winterborne Stickland, near Blandford, all deny murder.

Helen Keeping, 40, from Poole, denies two charges of assisting an offender relating to Baccus by allegedly disposing of stolen property and fellow defendant Keeping by allegedly providing him with a false alibi and disposing of stolen property.

The three male defendants also pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated burglary and possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear or violence.

Baccus and Downton admit one charge of burglary of industrial premises in Verwood on the same day as the Castlewood incident, but deny another offence of burglary in the same area.

The trial continues.