Pub landlord describes aftermath of stabbing

A FORMER pub landlord told a murder trial how he went outside his bar to find a man who had been stabbed lying on the pavement.

Clifford Brown, 29, who ran the Clifton Arms pub in Broxburn, West Lothian,

told the High Court in Livingston how he found the man in a pool of blood.

He gave the evidence on the first day of the trial of Christopher Bouhadi, 25, who denies murdering Barry Fleming, 28, of Broxburn, at Station Road on 29 May last year.

Mr Brown said: "I was in the pub when the incident happened. I was in the main bar. There was someone shouting in the door that someone had been stabbed. I went outside to see if it was real.

"I saw a man lying on the road. On the pavement. He was sort of on his back. There were people around him."

Mr Brown confirmed he didn't know Mr Fleming, or his alleged attacker.

Jurors were shown CCTV footage of an incident involving two men outside the Clifton Arms.

The trial before Lord Philip, and jury, continues.