Man denies murdering Kirkcaldy dad-of-two Darren Adie
Gordon Coventry will stand trial next year.
A 52-year-old man today denied murdering father-of-two Darren Adie in Kirkcaldy by repeatedly stabbing him on the body.
Gordon Coventry is accused of killing 42-year-old Mr Adie at Spey Avenue in the town near to its junction with Napier Street, on May 28.
Coventry is also charged with throwing stones at Mr Adie and having a pair of scissors in his possession three weeks earlier on May 7 at Overton Mains.
He is also accused of being concerned in the supply of cannabis and cannabis resin between January 1 and June 13.
Coventry offered to plead guilty to the drugs charge, but this was not accepted by advocate depute Bernard Ablett, prosecuting.
Coventry, who is on remand at Saughton Prison, was making his first appearance in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow.
Judge Lord Boyd set a trial date for April 3, 2017 at the High Court at Dunfermline.