GRAPHIC CCTV and mobile phone footage of an alleged fatal assault in Irvine has been shown to jurors as two men face a murder charge.
Videos appearing to show Malcolm McCandlish being kicked to the head whilst on the ground in the town's High Street were played at the High Court in Glasgow.
Simon Roberts, 38, and Sean McKie, 37, are accused of killing the 43-year-old following the attack on his birthday in September 2024.
Mr McCandlish died in hospital on October 14 that year.
The court was also shown screenshots of Irvine Times posts sent by Roberts after the incident.
We previously reported the deceased's sister told the trial that her late sibling refused to be seen by an ambulance crew - before waking up later "spewing up blood".
Giving evidence, Jason Pendlebury, the partner of Mr McCandlish's sister, said he was 'knocked out' during the same incident.
He said: "We were supposed to be meeting in Kilwinning but went to Irvine to get him a birthday present.
"I was going to the barber but it was shut. I went back and my partner told me what happened. I think we were at the wall next to the chippy. She told me somebody had slapped her."
After they encountered Roberts and McKie later, Mr Pendlebury told the court: "He [Malcolm] said 'what you hitting my sister for?', the next thing I knew I was on the floor, knocked out.
"I never saw what happened to Malcolm, I just saw them running away."
Asked if they did anything to provoke the duo, he said "no".
"He slaps my partner", he added.
"Malcom was being headbutted several times and kicked. His [Roberts'] right hand is holding on to the back of his head. Then his head hits the concrete. It was fairly hard.
"I think it looks like he was unconscious when he was still standing up."
The trial was shown CCTV of McKie drinking in the Northern Way pub earlier in the day - with the accused appearing in a "a blue 'Represent' hoody" throughout the footage.
A police constable told the court she attended the scene after the incident.
Asked about the witnesses being described as 'hostile', she explained that they didn't want to give a statement, and weren't behaving 'aggressive', adding "it [not giving a statement] is not uncommon, unfortunately".
The court was shown screenshots of Irvine Times posts headlined "Man in serious condition after assault in Irvine town centre" - shared by Roberts to contacts on his mobile phone using a smiley face and finger pointing emoji, with the CID agreeing with the advocate depute "there was a fair bit of coverage in the local press".
Messages stated "FFS - hope he's alright"; "Just that video and c**ts fly grassing and just grassing", and later "on a tag the now".
The court heard the video of the assault was also found on his device.
The trial, before judge Lady Drummond, continues.
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