A SUSPECT in the Arthur Green murder trial has been cleared of being involved in his death.

Dale Russell was acquitted after his not guilty plea was accepted by prosecutors.

The 36 year-old, of Girvan, instead admitted to a separate charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

Russell pled guilty to destroying footwear knowing police investigating the alleged murder could be interested in the items.

Two other men remain on trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Harry Hood, 46, and Ross Russell, 35, deny killing 60 year-old Arthur Green at his home in Prestwick, Ayrshire in November 2014.

Earlier in the trial, the jury heard dramatic evidence of how the young grandson of Mr Green discovered his dead body.

The child was said to have walked into Arthur Green’s house and stated: “My papa is full of blood”.

Details of the find emerged as Mr Green’s emotional daughter gave evidence at the High Court in Glasgow.

The 60 year-old’s daughter Elizabeth Green recalled going with her young son to visit her father the day his body was found.

The 42 year-old told the jury: “I had a key...the door was open which I felt was strange.

“It was like you could turn the handle and get in. 
“My dad always locked the door.”

Prosecutor Iain McSporran QC then put to the witness it her child who discovered Mr Green.

Miss Green went on: “My son went in and said: ‘Papa is full of blood’.

“I thought he had fallen, but I then touched him and he was freezing.

“I then picked my son up and ran out screaming. I made a 999 call. 

“I was in the garden screaming.”

Miss Green also told the court that – before his death – her dad had “wanted to see her little boy grow up”.

Hood, of Ayr, and Russell, of Maidens, have also pleaded not guilty to an allegation of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.

The trial, before Judge Bill Dunlop, continues.