12/09/2016 Reporting Scotland

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The nephew of a man accused of murdering a waiter

in Lanarkshire in 1998 has denied committing the crime.

Andrew Coulter was giving evidence at the trial of his uncle

Ronnie Coulter who's accused of stabbing Surjit

Andrew Coulter admitted attacking Mr Chhokar with a home-made bat

on the night he died but said he didn't murder him.

From the High Court in Glasgow, Andrew Black reports.

Andrew Coulter told the court that on the date of November 4, 1998,

he went out looking for money to buy alcohol and broke into

a flat which turned out to belong to Mr Chhokar.

after his uncle forged the signature of Mr Chhokar.

The partner of Mr Chhokar found out what had happened and talked

Andrew Coulter told the court that later that night he,

along with Ronnie Coulter and another man, travelled

to the home of Mrs Brice and found Mr Chhokar coming home from work.

Andrew Coulter said he shouted at Mr Chhokar, you had better

Andrew Coulter said at this stage Mr Chhokar swung a bottle

Mr Coulter said he then swung a home-made bat at Mr Chhokar

Andrew Coulter said then his knee gave way and it

He said he and David Montgomerie left the scene and Ronnie Coulter

The prosecutor asked Andrew Coulter if he had stabbed Mr Chhokar,

The court also heard that Andrew Coulter, now 35,

stabbed and killed a man called Patrick Kelly in 1999 and was

Before beginning his evidence the judge told Mr Coulter he did not

have to answer any questions which might incriminate him

Ronnie Coulter has been tried for a second time for the murder,

Scotland's private sector firms saw their output

That's according to a survey of 600 of them.

It's one of many indicators of how the economy is responding

to the vote for Britain to leave the European Union.

Here's our business and economy editor, Douglas Fraser.

Scotland's economy has stalled for while. The vote to leave the

European Union did not help. Looking across the UK at CROWD: Come on,

Andy! As a whole, there was Brexit shock

and there was a bounce back -- there was a Brexit shock but a bounce back

in August. I went to look at a firm. Supergrass in Stirling uses

recycled bottles to make It has been in trouble

for years as the market The staff here expected it

to collapse until this man, a Russian with a big presence

in building materials across Eastern Europe and Asia,

bought the business It is a company that manufactures

high-quality products The company has a good

relation with clients. And I think together

we can increase business. The company has already cut losses

by targeting house builders rather than owners of older homes

and with 10% of output now going abroad, raising up to 40%

while brushing aside uncertainty about future trading relations,

should help the Scottish The plan is to double

the capacity of this plant. That will mean significant

multi-million pound That is encouraging for us,

an investment in infrastructure, I believe it will be a good chance

for personal development for the people who have been part

of the business and for us to begin Job security as Stirling but

elsewhere a different story. There is more soft that is where the

growth has come from over the last nine years. According to an RBS

analysis the highest proportion working for themselves is in Orkney

and in Maine and rural areas. Is that a good thing? Some people can

reduce their hours ahead of retirement and if successful,

home-grown businesses can take other people on. But it means that the --

less security around hours and contracts.

A five-year-old boy has died after being hit by a van

The accident happened in Dalness Street in the Shettleston

area of the city, just after three o'clock this afternoon.

The boy, a pupil at St Paul's Primary School,

was taken to hospital with serious injuries where he died

The first turbine which will form part of the world's largest tidal

energy scheme has been unveiled in the Highlands.

The structure is to be installed in the Pentland Firth.

If it's successful around 260 more underwater turbines will be

added to the array, providing enough electricity for up

Rangers say their supporters were "subjected to a sickening

and shameful display of outright sectarian hatred" during Saturday's

A supporters group wants the club to ban Celtic fans

Off-field incidents have again over-shadowed matters on the park.

Here's our football reporter Alasdair Lamont.

Saturday's game has thrown up several issues. Rangers have

produced a statement following a demand from a supporters groups that

they ban Celtic fans. The statement says...

This relates to a banner held up by Celtic supporters referring to, and

a direct quote, scum. Pictures have been published in newspapers of

effigies of Rangers supporters being hanged. Celtic say they will not

become involved in a tit-for-tat spats but will resolve all issues in

a proper and professional manner. They are also clearing up damage

caused by Rangers supporters the toilets inside Celtic Park on

Saturday. They say that they are dealing with it internally but the

police say they are investigating and saying that the overwhelming

majority of people who attended the game and behave responsibly but a

minority behaved irresponsibly. In a way that has no place in modern

society and football. The match delegates' report from the game will

be studied. Faith leaders and charities

are calling on the Home Office to be more generous to families split

whilst fleeing war in Syria. The Scottish Government has also

said it wants obstacles to be removed to allow families to be

allowed to join those granted Tentative first words

in English for this family. The mother and children have been

cast as refugees. TRANSLATION: Aeroplanes were bombing

and we were in the underground shelter with a lot

of dust, the planes Now far from the bombing

and reunited in Glasgow. The only thing he is,

the mother and children can TRANSLATION: I almost

died to be with them, He has to prove that

he is their father TRANSLATION: The government do not

believe they're my family, I'm prepared to take a DNA test

or anything they ask for. TRANSLATION: My children need him,

I have two disabled children, I do not

understand the system. TRANSLATION: I call for help

from the government 200 faith leaders

from around the country saying that the UK can

do more and quickly. There is a simple practical steps

the government can take, it can relax some regulations about

admitting refugees with family in this country, who guaranteed they

have a network when they arrived and that is achievable

within the The Scottish Government

is also taking a stance. We have got to be in

the business of keeping families together, some

are calling on the UK Government to

revisit and revise the guidelines of In response, the Home

Office said, the UK has a proud history of granting

asylum to those who genuinely And every case is carefully

considered on its individual merits. This is what this family

fled at home in Syria. Five years ago this was the city

that sparked the Syrian uprising. Now they're learning

to read and write And in the fear that

they may lose their The Humanist Society Scotland

is seeking a judicial review of the refusal by Scottish ministers

to give older school pupils the right to opt out

of religious observance. The society says a growing number

of young people don't In England and Wales, 16-

to 18-year-olds have the right The design team behind

the Olympic Park in London has been given the task of drawing up plans

to regenerate an historic LDA Design has been chosen

to breathe new life Four years ago, councillors rejected

plans for a ?140 million The oil tycoon Sir Ian Wood

had offered ?50 million Well, it's over to Judith now

with the weather outlook Some unseasonable weather at the

moment but here is a picture from one of our weather watchers earlier.

Look at these beautiful colours, the contrast between the sky and the

crop below. Tonight we will see rain and heavy pulses of it.

Predominantly dry in the east and a very mild and humid night. That is

how tomorrow's stars, with a band of rain is lying across the western

half of the country. This weather front is generating outbreaks of

rain and waxing and waning east and west but will become find -- become

confined to the west. Showers in the morning clearing away quickly. Look

at those temperatures. Rain still affecting the north-west Highlands

but there will be some sunshine for the Western Isles and staying that

way for most of the day. The rain will clear but we should seek Mr low

cloud feeding in particularly over Shetland. Over the rest of the day

the rain becomes confined to western coastal areas of Argyll and the

Western Highlands and largely dried for sky -- the Isle of Skye. That

weather front linguae across the West and fringing into the far west

Wales and the South West but elsewhere, warm sunshine and hot

temperatures across the south tomorrow. Back in Scotland,

south-east Scotland seeing the highest temperatures. Widely into

the low 20s where we do see the sunshine. Cooler but fresher across

more north-western areas where we see the rain. The winds light across

the board. That continues to affect the South -- far West tomorrow. The

winds going to be used on Tuesday night into Wednesday pushing cloud

across much of the country apart from the south-west. The weather

front pushes away and there is cloud in the East later on. That's your

forecast. And that's it from us for now. Goodbye.