Murder accused "upset and agitated" when telling police about mum's disappearance
A man accused of murdering his mother appeared "upset and agitated" when telling police about her going missing.
PC Alexander Smith (49) had attended with a colleague at the home Carol Taggart shared with her son Ross in Dunfermline, in Fife, following a report of a missing person.
The officer said they initially spoke to the son and a friend of Mrs Taggart who worked in her nursery business during the visit on December 23 last year.
Taggart said he had been involved in an argument with his mother who had left the house and driven away.
His mother was on anti-depressants at the time and she had no mobile phone with her as hers was in the house.
The policeman was asked how Taggart was and responded: "He seemed upset and agitated at the time, anxious."
He said Taggart said he was going to go to a caravan they owned at Pettycur Bay, but was told to phone the police and an officer would go in first.
PC Neil Gribbons (32) attended at the caravan park and contacted Taggart and asked where to meet him. He said Taggart indicated he had already been in the caravan. "It was locked but there were lights on," he said.
The officer said the caravan was "immaculate" and added: "Everything just appeared spick and span."
31 year old Taggart denies the charges against him.
The trial continues.