A WOMAN appeared in court today accused of murdering a grandmother.

Claire Kilduff, 37, allegedly assaulted Ann Coll, 61, at her flat in Rutherglen on December 22, 2023.

Court papers state Kilduff repeatedly struck her on the head with an unknown object.

It is stated that she also repeatedly stabbed Miss Coll on the neck and body with an unknown sharp implement. 

Miss Coll was pronounced dead at the scene at the property on Newfield Place.

Kildfuff made no plea during a private hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

She was represented in court by her lawyer Claire McCarron.

She will appear in court again within the next eight days.

Kilduff, of East Kilbride, was remanded in custody meantime by Sheriff Gerard Bonnar.