TWO brothers are facing life sentences after admitting murdering a man and hiding his burning body on a riverside path.
A third brother also helped Paul and Adam Christie move Brian Faulds's body, which was put in a wheelie bin to transport it before being taken out of the bin and set alight.
The murderers and Bryan Christie all took part in a bid to remove traces of blood and body tissue from the scene of the murder in a flat in Glasgow's East End.
Wallpaper was removed from walls, paint applied and bleach poured on walls, floors and surfaces.
During the second day of their trial, which was expected to last three weeks, at the High Court in Edinburgh, Paul Christie, 29, and Adam Christie, 27, pled guilty to carrying out the murder of Mr Faulds, 29, on September 27 last year at a flat in Dalmarnock Road.
They bound the victim with tape and repeatedly punched and kicked him on the head and body and repeatedly struck him with a knife, cleaver, axes, a hammer and baseball bat.
Their younger brother Bryan, 22, was also originally charged with the murder, but the Crown accepted his not guilty plea to the crime.
All three men, who are prisoners, admitted attempting to defeat the ends of justice in the wake of the murder between September 27 and October 7 last year.
They bound the body with tape and wrapped it in a blanket and carpet and put a pillowcase over the head.
The corpse was put into the wheelie bin and moved from the murder scene to an embankment next to the Clyde Walkway where it was taken out of the bin. An accelerant was applied and the body set on fire. Weapons such as a cleaver and axes were also disposed of.
The court heard that Joseph McQueen, 36, found human remains that had been set on fire at the Clyde Walkway in Glasgow on September 28.
He was taken to hospital by ambulance, suffering from shock, after making the discovery while walking from his home in the city's Parkhead area to Rutherglen, in South Lanarkshire.
The forklift driver said his attention was drawn to smoke.
"I thought it was rubbish that was burning. It was just a small amount of smoke. I looked at it and noticed it was a body," he told the court.
Mr McQueen said he tried to find out if the person was still alive by shouting out but received no response.
The brothers made their guilty pleas yesterday.
Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC said Paul and Adam Christie had previous convictions, but Bryan Christie was a first offender.
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