A man has gone on trial accused of murdering a man whose bedsheets were set on fire in a flat in The Grange area of Edinburgh.

Frank Moore, 43, is also accused of attempting to murder his girlfriend, Lynsey Methven, at the home of Stewart Taylor in Chalmers Crescent on February 7 this year.

Moore, who is standing trial at the High Court in Edinburgh, is alleged to have entered the property uninvited, assaulted Mr Taylor and set fire to bedding before locking the 33-year-old man inside.

He is also accused of assaulting Mr Taylor and Miss Methven on a previous occasion at the flat, assaulting Mr Taylor in a pub and harassing Miss Methven by phone. He denies all charges.

Miss Methven, 30, told the court that her relationship with Moore had been cooling since she discovered he had booked a six-week holiday to Thailand without her knowledge.

She said he would become jealous if she spoke to other men while they were out drinking, even if it was someone he knew.

She also said she had once "got the fright of her life" when Moore unexpectedly climbed in through her bedroom window.

Moore is alleged to have previously evinced malice and ill-will towards his two alleged victims. He is also said to have stolen a mobile phone, a handbag and a diary.

He is further accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice by concealing a mobile phone, disposing of a SIM card, attempting to dispose of a pair of boots by setting fire to them, washing clothing and a belt worn during the alleged offences and telephoning Miss Methven's phone. He has lodged a special defence of alibi.

He also faces allegations that he previously assaulted Mr Taylor and Miss Methven at the flat in Chalmers Crescent on December 6 last year, and that he allegedly attacked Mr Taylor at Elm Bar in the capital's Elm Row in January this year. He has lodged a special defence of self-defence for the alleged attack on Mr Taylor at Chalmers Crescent.

He is accused of repeatedly contacting Miss Methven by phone earlier between January 18 and February 6 this year in a way that was "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character".

Moore is also said to have committed a breach of peace during the same dates in that he harassed Miss Methven and "watched her movements".

Moore denies all the allegations against him.

The trial, before Lord Pentland, continues.