THE trial of two men accused of shooting a man dead and injuring two others in a Glasgow garage was dramatically halted today.

When jurors took their places at the High Court in Glasgow for the third day of evidence they were told by judge Lord Hardie a problem had arisen.

He said: "A matter has been brought to my attention this morning which will necessitate my deserting the trial for the time being and to start afresh tomorrow.

"I can't go into details about the situation other than to say it is nothing to do with the two accused."

Lord Hardie then deserted the trial temporarily to allow a fresh trial to start tomorrow when new jurors will be picked.

On trial are James McDonald, 34, and Raymond Anderson, 46.

They deny murdering Michael Lyons, 21, by repeatedly shooting him at his uncle's garage, Applerow Motors in Balmore Road, Lambhill, Glasgow, on December 6, 2006.

McDonald and Anderson also deny attempting to murder Pickett and his friend, Steven Lyons, 26, during the same incident.

They also face a number of firearm charges, including two which allege that between November 2004 and January 11, 2007, they reset and illegally possessed three machine guns, a bipod, telescopic sight, quantities of ammunition and a number of flares, all of which had been stolen.