{"id":424998,"date":"2026-02-14T07:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/424998\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T07:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:31:15","slug":"man-accused-of-murdering-61-year-old-on-tollcross-street-before-fleeing-to-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/424998\/","title":{"rendered":"Man accused of murdering 61-year-old on Tollcross street before fleeing to Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man accused of murdering a granddad near his home allegedly fled to Liverpool to avoid detection.<\/p>\n<p>Sean Murray, 30, appeared in court accused of assaulting James Greenhorn, 61, in Glasgow\u2019s Tollcross on February 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Court papers state Murray pursued Mr Greenhorn and repeatedly struck him on the head and body with a knife.<\/p>\n<p>The charge goes on to say Murray, of the city\u2019s Shettleston, repeatedly punched and kicked him on the head and body.<\/p>\n<p>A second allegation states that Murray attempted to pervert the course of justice between February 9 and 11.<\/p>\n<p>It is claimed that Murray boarded a train from Edinburgh Waverley train station to Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The charge says this was done to avoid detection, arrest and prosecution for the murder allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Murray \u2013 who was represented by his lawyer Peter Malone \u2013 made no plea at a private hearing in Glasgow Sheriff Court.<\/p>\n<p>Murray was remanded in custody and committed for further examination by Sheriff Mary Shields.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He will appear again at court within the next eight days.<\/p>\n<p>STV News is now on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCESJzKgsNvKKNOYO2r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">      Follow STV News <\/a>Follow STV News on WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/whatsapp-qr.png\" alt=\"WhatsApp channel QR Code\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man accused of murdering a granddad near his home allegedly fled to Liverpool to avoid detection. Sean&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-424998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}