THREE men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man found dead in a seaside town.

The body of Scott Blackwood, 30, was discovered in a house in Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, last Thursday.

Allan Nicol, 35, Martin McGowan, 27, and Thomas Sean Moore, 26, all from Saltcoats, appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court charged with murder.

They made no pleas and all three were remanded in custody.