Murder inquiry after body find in flat

A MURDER inquiry has been launched after the body of a man was found in a flat in Glasgow.

The body of Kirk Cole, 36, was discovered in the property in Crookston at around 9.15am on Thursday. Police upgraded the inquiry after a post-mortem examination.

Detective Chief Inspector Alan McAlpine, of Police Scotland’s major crime investigation team (west), said: “Early indications suggest there may have been a disturbance at the flat during the night and therefore it is vital anyone who was with Mr Cole since 9pm on Wednesday until the early hours of Thursday morning contact police immediately.

“A police incident caravan will remain at the scene and there will be extra patrols in the area, however I must stress there is no information to suggest that anyone else in the local area is at risk. I’d encourage local residents to speak to the officers in the area if they have any concerns.”

Mr Cole was with a friend in a flat on Cairnhill Drive from around 9pm on Wednesday and others arrived there when he was there. WORKS by celebrated American pop art artist Roy Lichtenstein and English artist Damien Hurst had a close encounter of a multicoloured kind before an auction in London.

The New Yorker’s print Two Paintings with Dado from 1983, foreground, could fetch up to £3 million, while the British artist’s 1-Heptene is estimated to reach up to £700,000 at Sotheby’s

Lichtenstein often aped his idol, Picasso, claiming shortly before his death in 1997: “I don’t think that I’m over his influence.”

A self-portrait by his contemporary, Andy Warhol, is also to be auctioned off, and could fetch up to £4m.

Other works to be sold include those by Jean-Michel Basquiat, US artist Tom Wesselmann - whose striking Great American Nude could fetch £2m – and two works by Dresden-born Gerhard Ritcher. Another Hurst could reach £900,000 at Wednesday’s sale.