A man has admitted killing a Thai conference delegate with a fire extinguisher at the Clyde Auditorium.

Clive Carter is accused of murdering pharmaceutical manager Khanokporn Satjawat in the female toilets at the city's SECC complex on November 12 last year.

At Glasgow High Court his QC, Ian Duguid, entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge of culpable homicide.

But, prosecutor Murdoch MacTaggart told the court: "That plea is not acceptable to the Crown."

Judge Lord Turnbull fixed another hearing for August.

Mrs Satjawat, 42, died while attending a conference at the venue, also known as the Armadillo.

Carter, of Motherwell, is believed to have been working as a security guard at the time.

Prosecutors allege Carter repeatedly struck Mrs Satjawat on the head and body with a fire extinguisher.

The 35-year-old faces a further charge that he attempted to defeat the ends of justice.

It is claimed he cleaned blood and hair from the alleged murder weapon in a glass-washing room at the Clyde Auditorium.

Carter is also said to have hidden a blazer he was wearing

He is then alleged to have told a number of people – including police – that he had seen a male carrying a fire extinguisher and taken it from him on the floor where the female toilets were.

Carter is also charged with committing a breach of the peace by leaving a woman in "fear and alarm" at the Holiday Inn Express in the city's Stockwell Street on November 4.

It is alleged that Carter claimed to be attending to a fire in her room despite knowing there was no blaze.

He is said to have repeatedly knocked on the woman's door and entered uninvited while carrying a fire extinguisher.