Man goes on trial accused of strangling sister to death

A 20-year-old antheral has gone connected proceedings accused of strangling his teenage sister to decease successful Hamilton.

Connor Gibson has been accused of sexually assaulting and murdering 16-year-old Amber Niven successful November 2021. A 2nd antheral is besides accused of trying to decision the ends of justice.

The assemblage of the teen was recovered successful the town's Cadzow Glen, days aft she was past seen.

The proceedings astatine the precocious tribunal successful Glasgow got nether mode connected Thursday.

Gibson - who besides uses the sanction Niven - faces claims helium got escaped of apparel helium had been wearing and called the children's location Amber was staying astatine to unreal she was inactive alive.

The 20-year-old is accused of removing Amber's apparel and sexually assaulting her. It is claimed Gibson repeatedly inflicted blunt unit trauma to her caput and assemblage arsenic good arsenic compressing her cervix with his hands and did truthful with intent to rape her.

He is alleged to person told constabulary helium past saw his sister aft she walked disconnected from an statement adjacent a assemblage centre successful Hamilton connected the time she died.

He is besides charged with disposing of grounds aft it is claimed helium binned his ain bloodstained covering successful an effort to decision the ends of justice.

Gibson was connected bail astatine the clip of the murder.

Ms Niven was past seen connected Friday 26 November 2021. Her assemblage was recovered successful Cadzow Glen - successful Hamilton municipality centre, days later.

Another man- Stephen Corrigan, 44 is besides acceptable to spell connected proceedings successful narration to circumstances surrounding the find of her remains.

It is claimed Mr Corrigan recovered Amber's body, but alternatively than alert police, helium inappropriately touched her and past hid her remains nether bushes and branches.

He is accused of a breach of the bid and trying to decision the ends of justice. Corrigan has lodged a peculiar defence of alibi saying helium was elsewhere astatine the time.

Both men contradict each the charges against them.