Jurors in the case of a Severn Beach man charged with killing a Bristol pensioner as he tried to steal his car have visited the scene of the incident.

Bristol Crown Court has heard 76-year-old Walter Bollen tried to stop his car being stolen but a thief snatched it and deliberately drove over him, crushing him to death.

Scott Couch, 23, of Denny Isle Drive, Severn Beach, denies murder on November 29 last year.

It is claimed Couch jumped into Mr Bollen's Skoda Octavia as he opened the gates to his car park off Green Close, Horfield, just before midnight.

After Couch drove off neighbours and police tried to help Mr Bollen as he lay fatally hurt in the road.

Paramedics who rushed to the scene pronounced him dead at just gone midnight.

A post mortem examination later revealed he had suffered a fractured skull, broken ribs, a collapsed lung and major injuries to crucial organs including his heart.

The car was found abandoned in nearby Shakespeare Avenue, with a damaged driver's door and wing.

Members of the jury were taken to the scene of the incident yesterday afternoon.

The case continues at Bristol Crown Court.