Teenager denies Greenock cemetery murder
A 19-year-old man has denied murdering a man in a cemetery by striking him on the head with a brick.
Scott Rooney, who was represented by defence QC Brian McConnanchie, is accused of murdering 56-year-old Michael Mearns at Greenock Cemetery, South Street, Greenock, on July 30.
Rooney, who appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow entered a not guilty plea to the murder charge.
Trial was set for July 11, next year at the High Court in Paisley.
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