Man accused of trying to kill police officer in Glasgow's west end

A man is accused of trying to kill a police officer by driving at him in a car.

Zeng Xing Yu is said to have hurt PC Neil Kerr in Devonshire Gardens Lane in Glasgow's Hyndland last July 21.

Prosecutors claim the 48 year-old was behind the wheel of a motor which went on to strike PC Kerr on the head and body.

Yu allegedly then drove with the officer on the bonnet before hitting another car.

The attempted murder charge states PC Kerr fell to the ground all to his injury and danger of his life.

Yu faces a separate allegation of resisting and obstructing other officers in the lane.

Yu and Wang Wen, 30, are also charged with being concerned in the supply of cannabis on the same day.

Yu's advocate Victoria Young today pleaded not guilty on his behalf during a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.

Paul Nelson, defending Wen, offered to plead guilty to the cannabis charge, but this was not accepted by prosecutor Sheena Fraser.

Miss Fraser added: "I would invite the court to continue to a further hearing in the expectation by then a date for trial can be identified."

Lady Stacey adjourned the case until July.

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