Lawyer appears in court over Bishopbriggs murder

A lawyer has appeared in court charged with murdering a 51-year-old man. Joanne Threshie, 35, is accused of killing Frederick McGettigan, known as Ricky, on August 6, 2017. She appeared in private at Glasgow Sheriff Court where she made no plea.

Prosecutors claim Threshie, from Bishopbriggs, was acting with another when she 'repeatedly struck Mr McGettigan on the head and body with a knife or something similar', and murdered him. Threshie, was granted bail by sheriff Sean Murphy QC and is expected to return to court at a later date.

Mr McGettigan was found dead in a flat in the Clelland Avenue flat near Bishopbriggs, north of Glasgow, on August 9.