A MAN who admitted killing Alloa man Kyle Watt has told a court: "I deserve what happens to me".

Barry Harrison previously pleaded guilty to murdering the 29-year-old during an altercation on March 3 this year.

His brother Mark Harrison, 36, is currently on trial for murder and assault at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Barry, giving evidence on the third day of proceedings, said that the murder was the “biggest mistake of his life” and “deserves whatever he gets”.

Yesterday, Thursday, November 15, jurors heard a number of conflicting reports of what happened on the night in question at 15 Pine Grove, Alloa.

The first witness, a 16-year-old male, described being at the door of the close when Mr Watt tried to escape only to be caught and assaulted by Mark before being pushed back upstairs to his flat where, just moments later, he was found dead.

The teenager said when Mr Watt was running out, he was “limping and had blood on his face” before the deceased started shouting: “I’m sorry,” as he was marched at knifepoint back to the property.

The youngster went on to say that both brothers had a hold of one of Mr Watt’s shoulders each as they lead him upstairs, contrary to CCTV footage shown earlier in the trial.

He said he then went into his friend’s flat, not where the accused and victim had gone, and sat down for a bit before hearing police arrive.

When asked by the advocate depute whether he had considered phoning the police, he said he hadn’t.

The next witness, a 34-year-old male who was in number 15 at the time of the murder, told the High Court in Edinburgh that he “did not see everything” and had been in the kitchen for the majority of the incident as he searched for a knife to “defend himself”.

Since the incident, the man said he has tried to “block out” what happened and struggles to remember much because he was heavily intoxicated by drink and drugs at the time.

When the prosecutor showed him a signed statement he gave to police on March 12, nine days after the murder, the man said the signature was not his.

He went on to say that the contents of the statement were given to him by police and was told “just to agree” because the police knew it was Barry and Mark, at which point Lord Kinclaven, presiding, interrupted.

The man continued: “Police told me to say that Barry had a knife and Mark had a bat. [Another witness] told police that and they told me to agree.

“Police told me I had a knife to my throat which I don’t even remember.”

When it was put to the man that he was just trying to protect Mark, the man on trial, he replied: “I don’t like Mark. I don’t care what happens.”

A female witness then claimed that Mark had attended her boyfriend’s house between 8pm and 9pm that night and told them that he had struck Mr Watt with a hammer and that his brother Barry had stabbed him.

The woman, who was suffering from memory loss due to a fractured skull, agreed with her original police statement that Mark told her: “He was fine when we went in, but when we left he was f****d.”

The 22-year-old witness reiterated that Mark said he used a hammer, wore a balaclava and that Barry had stabbed him six times, contrary to previous CCTV and forensic evidence shown to the court.

Barry, who has already pleaded guilty to murder, then took to the stand and admitted stabbing Mr Watt twice and claimed it started over a drug dispute.

According to the 44-year-old, whose birthday it was the day of the murder, he went to 15 Pine Grove to get Valium “on tick” and advised Mark to take a baseball bat because a previous witness might be there.

The brothers had been drinking together in Mark's house on Menteith Court to celebrate the birthday.

When they got there, Barry alleges that he spoke to the victim who refused him drugs and “degraded” him with the way he spoke to him. An argument then evolved into a fight in which Barry sustained a stab wound to the arm.

In response, Barry picked up the baseball and struck Mr Watt “two or three times”.

Barry claims that while this was taking place, Mark was elsewhere arguing with his former partner, who was within the property.

Mr Watt then tried to escape before being brought back upstairs by the brothers.

Barry, at this point in possession of a kitchen knife from the property, was feeling “threatened” because he “thought they were going to jump me”.

He added that threats were being made by a previous witness who claimed he was in the kitchen during this period.

According to Barry, Mr Watt then came at him, leading the accused to inflicting the mortal wounds.

After the incident, Barry left to go to a family member's address and discarded the murder weapon on the way before phoning police when he heard that Mr Watt was dead.

In court, when Barry was asked if he was just trying to protect his younger brother, he refused, calling Mark the “most gentle person" and adding: "I’m the black sheep of the family."

He continued: “I’ve mucked up two lives. Pies [Mr Watt] and my brother's. I deserve what happens to me.

"I made a bad choice. It’s the biggest regret of my life.”

Mark continues to deny the charges.

The trial continues.