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Carla Talbot

Second man charged in connection with death of Paisley dad John Dalziel

A second man has been charged in connection with the death of a Paisley dad.

John Dalziel, 47, died following a fire in his home in the town's Whites Bridge Avenue on May 6 last year.

Emergency services were called to the street shortly after 10pm following reports of a blaze.

Mr Dalziel was found within the property and taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow , but died a short time later.

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Another man, John Thomas, 38, has already been charged in connection with the death of Mr Dalziel and appeared in court in May.

He faces a charge of inflicting blunt force trauma to his head, striking him on the neck with a blade and setting alight a jacket in the property.

He is expected to go on trial later this year.

The second man, aged 57, will appear at Paisley Sheriff Court today.

Following his death last year, John Daziel's daughter paid a heartbreaking tribute to her dad, who she said had a heart of gold.

Tributes left outside Mr Dalziel's home following his death (Andrew Neil)

Among flowers and tributes outside his home, she wrote: “If I could write a story, it would be the greatest ever told, of a kind and loving dad who had a heart of gold.

“I could write a million pages, but still would be unable to say, just how much I love and miss you every single day.”

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