A MURDER trial is set to get under way later this year after an accused denied killing Saltcoats man Alan Lawson.
Jordan Honeyman is due to face a jury in November after pleading not guilty to five charges in relation to the incident in February 2024.
The 30-year-old is accused of murdering Mr Lawson between February 2-4 last year at a property on Alexander Avenue in Largs.
Prosecutors claim Honeyman assaulted Mr Lawson by repeatedly punching and kicking his head and body, striking him on the head and body with a sharp instrument multiple times and jumping from a staircase onto him.
The Crown indictment adds that he “scalded Mr Lawson’s feet – by unknown means – removed his clothing, applied glue to injuries and forced him into a shower”.
It is further alleged that the accused failed to seek medical attention for Mr Lawson, leading to his death at Crosshouse Hospital on February 6.
A separate charge brought against Honeyman – who is currently remanded in custody – alleges that he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner towards a another male and his family.
It is claimed that on various occasions between February 2-4 last year he uttered threats of violence towards them at properties in Alexander Avenue and Churchill Drive in Largs.
It is further claimed that Honeyman sent a video recording of Mr Lawson – whilst he lay naked, injured and covered in blood – to the man.
Another charge accuses Honeyman of assaulting the same man on February 3 at Central Avenue in Ardrossan by seizing him on the head and body, and repeatedly punching him on the head to his injury.
It is alleged that Honeyman behaved in a threatening or abusive manner again on February 17, at a property in Kilmarnock and elsewhere, by uttering threats of violence towards a man named in court papers.
Meanwhile, a second accused, Bryan Carey, will also stand trial after he denied a single charge brought against him and Honeyman.
It is claimed that the pair attempted to defeat the ends of justice on February 4 and 5, 2024 at both Alexander Avenue and other locations unknown to the prosecutor.
The charge alleges that Honeyman committed the offence while “conscious that he had committed murder”, and claims Carey, 28, was also aware of the same.
Court papers accuse the pair of removing and disposing of bloodstained carpets, rugs, furniture, clothing, footwear, weapons, a mobile telephone, Rosary Beads and other blood-stained items from a property in Alexander Avenue.
Further claims allege that both attempted to clean blood from floors, taps, sinks, furniture and walls there – and did so with the intent to conceal or destroy evidence in respect of the alleged crime and to avoid detection, arrest and prosecution.
Following their not guilty pleas during a virtual hearing at the High Court in Glasgow on Wednesday, Lord Arthurson scheduled a trial – which could last around 12 days – for November.