A MAN accused of murdering his father thanked a rapper for sorting out their relationship over a week before the alleged attack.

Lewis Webster, 23, messaged Bugzy Malone, 33, on Instagram on January 18 2021.

Webster sent: "I just want to let you know you helped me to get on the right path, really helped me get my life together.

"Had a bad relationship with my dad but now it's better, so much better and we are really starting to get along.

"Seeing him tomorrow and it is like he is my dad again.

"So happy and feel like you helped it, man."

Webster is on trial at the High Court in Glasgow accused of murdering Michael Webster at his home in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire, on January 27 2021.

The charge claims Webster, of Aberdeen, repeatedly struck him on the head and neck with knives.

Webster faces a separate charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by placing a knife in Michael Webster's hands after he died.

The court heard from Detective Constable Mark Soutar, 35, who stated that he seized Webster's mobile phone.

Jurors were shown text messages sent between Webster and his father in the month running up to the incident.

The pair were noted to have met in person on January 9 and 18.

Prosecutor Paul Kearney read out the unanswered Instagram messages Webster sent to grime artist Bugzy Malone in the early hours of the morning of January 18.

Other texts Webster sent claimed that he wanted to make music to sell and that he felt "much better about myself."

A short audio recording from Webster's phone of a conversation between him and his father on the night of the alleged murder was also played to the court.

Webster is heard to ask: "If it wasn't you who was it, you and your father don't know."

Michael Webster replied: "We are stupid" and later stated: "I don't f***ing know."

Constable Mohammed Butt, 43, earlier told the court that he escorted Webster from his father's property that day.

Mr Kearney asked about Webster's appearance and he replied: "There was a wee bit of blood on the top of his jacket.

"There was a phone next to him - he was upset and crying."

Mr Kearney said: "Did he say something to you unprompted?"

PC Butt said: "Yes, he said 'My gran said he was completely different when drinking'."

The officer stated that Webster made a further comment to him that day.

Webster allegedly said: "I had no other option, he came at me, he was the one with the knife.

"What would you do if someone ran at you with a knife?"

The trial continues on Monday before Judge Lord Matthews.