Zoe Nelson’s body was discovered in Wishaw last May The sister of a teenager whose burned body was found in woods in Lanarkshire has told a murder trial the accused took her to see the dead body.
Laura Anne Nelson, 17, said she met Robert Bayne who told her he had “something to show her”.
Miss Nelson told the High Court in Edinburgh he took her to an area, known locally as Monkey Hill, where he pointed out Zoe Nelson’s body.
Robert Bayne, 21, denies murdering Zoe Nelson in May last year.
Laura Anne Nelson said she had gone to Mr Bayne’s grandmother’s house in Cambusnethan, Wishaw, to return some clothes.
She described the accused as appearing “jumpy” and had dried dirt on his hands and face and was drinking vodka.
The witness told advocate depute Lesley Shand QC that when the pair left the house together Mr Bayne had said he had something to show her.
Miss Nelson added: “He took me to show me where Zoe was.”
She said that among the grass and trees she saw Zoe’s blackened body.
“He pointed it out,” she told the trial.
Among the allegations faced by Robert Bayne is the claim that he disclosed the whereabouts of Zoe Nelson’s body to her sister, then threatened her and implied he would kill her if she told what she had seen.
Mr Bayne is accused of attacking Zoe Nelson with a knife at Monkey Hill, near Branchalfield Drive, Cambusnethan, putting a plastic sheet over her head to restrict her breathing and then setting fire to her on 22 May 2010.
He also denies an earlier attack on her by punching her on the head and scratching her and, on another occasion, committing a breach of the peace by threatening her.
It is also claimed that after the murder, he tried to cover up his alleged crime by setting fire to Ms Nelson’s body, washing his clothes, dumping her mobile phone and telling police that someone else was responsible.
The trial before judge Lady Dorrian continues.
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