Victim stabbed after ‘feud over brother hit by car’

A MAN held a grudge against one of the suspects later accused of murdering him, a court heard.

- By Grant McCabe

Tony Ferns believed Robert Park was in some way responsible for a road accident that left his blind brother Mark badly hurt.

‘There were said to have been a number of incidents between the pair. However, eventually an apparent truce was called, the High Court in Glasgow heard.

But prosecutors claim that Park, 69, along with Raymond Platt, 56, Craig Colquhoun, 39, and Joseph McCulloch, 50, killed Tony, who worked as a tiler, in Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The murder charge states Mr Ferns was repeatedly stabbed on the body with a knife or similar item. The four all deny the charge.