A woman claimed she heard a frightening noise coming from the flat where a man was allegedly murdered by his son.

Elizabeth Jamieson, 70, claimed she was woken up in the early hours from the flat above in Bearsden on January 27 2020.

Miss Jamieson added that the "loud noise" was followed by the sound of beads falling or smashed glass.

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Another resident in the flat block also claimed to have heard "banging" and a "thump" that night.

Lewis Webster, 23, is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of murdering Michael Webster at his flat.

The charge claims Webster, of Aberdeen, repeatedly struck him on the head and neck with knives.

Webster faces a separate charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by placing a knife in Michael Webster's hands after he died.

The court heard on Thursday from Miss Jamieson who went to bed around 11.30pm on January 26.

She stated that she became aware of noises of boxes moving or items moved in Michael Webster's flat around 12.30am.

The witness claimed that she also heard the veranda door open and close which went on until 3am.

Prosecutor Paul Kearney asked Miss Jamieson if around 4am she heard a different sound and she replied: "Yes."

The witness said: "It was a loud noise - I must have dozed off. It frightened me.

"I felt myself jump because of the loudness of the noise."

Mr Kearney asked: "How would you describe the noise?"

Miss Jamieson said: "When I heard it, I thought it could be someone or something falling.

"I did also hear the sound of beads falling but I said in my police statement that it could have been glass in retrospect."

The witness added that she heard the sound of the veranda door open after the glass noise.

Another neighbour Sandra Groves, 73, who lived above Michael Webster, claimed she heard "banging and crashing" coming from a property in the block.

Her police statement was read to the jury which said: "I was just getting out my bed and I heard a loud bang - it was like a thump as if someone was falling."

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The witness stated that she did not know if the noise came from the flat below or above.

Her police statement went on to say: "I got up and used the toilet and went back to bed but I didn't sleep much after that.

"I then heard the lift going up and down around 4am and then four or five bangs which I thought was a door being banged open."

John Scullion KC, defending, put it to the witness that she initially told police that she thought it came from the flat above.

Miss Groves replied: "That's correct."

The trial continues before Judge Lord Matthews.