Man faces trial over murder of pensioner in street

A MAN is to stand trial charged with robbing and murdering a pensioner in the street.

Peter Telfer is accused of attacking 76-year-old John Baker in Calton, Glasgow, on June 29.

He is said to have struck having allegedly threatened to “rob and kill somebody”.

Prosecutors claim Mr Telfer followed the pensioner, seized hold of him and repeatedly stabbed him with a knife or similar item.

The 24-year-old also allegedly took cash from Mr Baker, who was left so severely injured that he later died in the city’s Royal Infirmary.

Mr Telfer is accused of murder amid claims he earlier robbed a woman and tried to steal from another.

It is claimed on June 28 he targeted Victoria Weston at an entrance to the city’s Central Station.

The accusation includes allegations he approached her from behind, brandished a knife before robbing her handbag after a struggle.

It is further said on the same date he carried out a similar attack on Karen Bowman at a bus shelter in the city’s Trongate.

Mr Telfer, who is also accused of having a knife and possessing cannabis, faces a separate charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

Prosecutors state he threatened to kill Thomas Muir if he told anyone of Mr Telfer’s alleged crimes.

Mr Telfer appeared yesterday at the High Court in Glasgow. His lawyer Thomas Ross entered not guilty pleas on his behalf.

Judge Lady Rae set a trial due to start in April next year.