Lists on murder accused's laptop

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A man accused of murdering a Nepalese student in Glasgow had lists of items including a meat cleaver on his laptop computer, a court has heard.

The trial of Roshan Dantis at the High Court in Glasgow was told his computer also had a set of instructions named "chain of events".

Indian-born Mr Dantis, 30, denies killing Khusbu Shah, 23, at her home in Glasgow's Dennistoun area on 1 June.

He also denies dismembering and disposing of her body.

The mother-of-one's body was found in a holdall near her flat, with her head and hands missing.

The rest of her remains, along with a meat cleaver and blood-stained clothing and gloves, were found wrapped up in bin bags at a railway embankment.

Computer forensic investigator Rob Steer told the court that he had discovered the list of items with figures written next to them on Mr Dantis's computer.

'Suspicious death'

The list from the computer, which was shown to the court, and included a balaclava and bleach, a Chinese cleaver and knife and DIY tape and clothes cover.

Mr Steer told the court that another article had a list of numbered instructions written out.

These included the instructions "change to other clothes", "wait in room" and "finish the job".

The computer expert told the court that Strathclyde Police's website had also been visited a few days after the murder and a web page named "suspicious death Dennistoun" had been accessed.

Mr Steer added: "A search had also been carried out on 7 June using the words 'free legal aid Glasgow'."

Mr Dantis denies murder, attempting to defeat the ends of justice and a charge of attempting to extort £120,000 and a TV from Mrs Shah's husband, Nagendra.

The trial, before judge Lord Pentland, continues.