A MURDER accused told a former neighbour “I killed the old man”, a court heard on Monday.

Thomas Muir, 59, claimed Peter Telfer told him he had stabbed an old man twice and cut the straps on a woman's bag and robbed her.

He said he was threatened by Telfer not to tell anybody or he would return and "get him”.

Mr Muir told jurors at the High Court in Glasgow he was terrified and barricaded his door.

The witness was giving evidence at the trial of Telfer who is accused of murdering 76-year-old John Baker on June 29 in Calton, in Glasgow's east end.

Telfer is also accused of assaulting and attempting to rob shop worker Owaisuddin Siddique at the Day-Top on Shettleston Road and carrying a knife on June 24.

He also faces a string of charges including behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at various streets in Glasgow city centre and assaulting and robbing two women of their handbags, on June 28.

The 25-year-old allegedly attempted to defeat the ends of justice as well being charged with possessing cannabis.

In evidence Mr Muir said Telfer went to his house wearing new clothes and he asked Telfer where he got the money.

The jury heard Telfer told him he robbed people.

Mr Muir said: “I just said that's a bad thing to do.”

Advocate depute Iain McSporran QC, prosecuting, asked: “Did he tell you anything else?”

Mr Muir replied: “He told me he murdered a man.”

He claimed Telfer showed him a kitchen knife and said it was one similar to that, that he had used.

Mr Muir said Telfer told him “You tell anybody else I will come back and get you” and he told the court “the first thing I did was barricade my door”.

He said he told his doctor five or six days later and he was contacted by police and gave a statement.

The witness accepted his memory was better at the time of the statement and that he would have been telling the truth.

Telfer denies the charges and the trial before judge Lord Matthews continues.