A SUSPECT is to stand trial charged with murdering a man with a baseball bat in the East End.

Anthony Allan, 25, is accused of killing Ryan Richardson at a flat in Glasgow's Shettleston.

The charge spans between March 3 and 15 this year.

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Allan is said to have repeatedly struck the 28 year-old on the head with the bat or similar item.

Allan – defended by QC John Scullion – denied the allegation during a short hearing at the High Court in Glasgow.

Lord Beckett set a trial for January next year.