Pollok murder trial hears victim's fiance tried to save him

A woman has sobbed as she told a murder trial jury how she battled to stem the blood from a wound to her dying fiance's back.

49 year-old Kathleen Hanlon was giving evidence at the trial of 41 year-old Clark Shaw who denies murdering 49 year-old Andrew Donlon at a house in Pollok on July 13, last year, by stabbing him on the body.

Shaw has lodged a special defence of self defence. He also denies attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

She told prosecutor Duncan McPhie: “He had a wound on his back. I looked at his wound the blood was just coming out. I laid a towel on top of his back and laid my bodyweight on him.

“I was in like a daze. Andy was saying 'Katie, I'm dying and I was saying to him 'Andy you're not dying.' he was drifting in and out of consciousness.”

Miss Hanlon told the High Court in Glasgow that Mr Donlon also had an injury to his left arm. It was slashed open from the elbow to the wrist.

She said that she called an ambulance and Mr Donlon was taken away on a stretcher with tubes coming out of him and added: “As they were taking him out the the door he said: 'Katie I love you. I'm going to die.'”

Earlier, Miss Hanlon told the court that she and Mr Donlon arrived at his home in Levernside Road just before 7pm and were drinking, watching television and relaxing in his bedroom.

She said that he heard noises downstairs and went to investigate. Minutes later she told the court she heard raised voices and went downstairs.

Miss Hanlon told the jury: “Two men were round Andy. One of them was his step-dad Jimmy Barrett and the other male I didn't know.”

The court was told that a third man also appeared from outside and told her: 'If you fing grass me. I will come back and finish you off the same as that piece of s.”

Mr McPhie asked her: “Did Andy say anything,” and she replied: “No. He would normally have voiced his opinion and that sounded alarm bells. I looked at his arm. His left arm was hanging open from the elbow down to the wrist as if he had been cut by something and the colour of his face was changing.”

The trial before Lady Rae continues