Man accused of grandmother murder breaks down in court as he denies killing Kathleen Milward A former soldier accused of murdering his elderly grandmother wept today as he told a jury: "I couldn't do something like that to my granny." Garry Kane told the jury that he returned to the house he shared with his grandmother to find her dead It is alleged that Kane, 41, violently assaulted his grandmother including kicking her and striking her head and body with a blunt intstrument An emotional Garry Kane, 41, said that he "absolutely did not" batter the frail pensioner, Kathleen Milward, to death. Kane, 41, who struggled with a heroin problem, is alleged to have killed Mrs Milward, 87, in the house they shared in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, on 3 January this year. Taking the witness stand, he told the High Court at Dumbarton that had he left the house at around 6pm that day, leaving his grandmother sitting in the lounge watching TV. He said that went to see his friend Ryan Black, 32, where he smoked heroin. He said he returned to the house after meeting his drug dealer to find the back door to the conservatory unlocked and Mrs Milward as already long dead. He told his lawyer, Gordon Jackson QC, that his grandmother looked dead when he returned to the house. He said that he "definitely did not" kill her. With his voice breaking he said that he would get money from Mrs Milward to buy drugs, but he would never steal from her. After taking a deep sigh and looking to the ceiling he told the court that his grandmother was watching TV through the day of 3 January. He said:"She had a bad fall which which put her out of sorts. I offered to make her lunch but she didn't want anything. Later on she had something, I don't know what time. Wiping tears away he continued: "My gran was watching telly. She was sitting in the living room in front of the front window and through the afternoon I had been sitting with her or in the conservatory reading a book. He told the court that he then made phone calls to his drug dealers, Ryan Black and David McFarlane, before leaving the house at about 6pm to use Christmas money his gran had given him to go and buy drugs. He said after visiting both dealers, he went back to check on his gran after his mother, Kathleen Kane, 64, had phoned to say that she was worried and couldn't get through to her on the phone. He said he went round the back of the house and in the conservatory door. He said: "I had to open it, but not unlock it and I went in. I have put a small lamp on and that's when I could see my gran lying on the kitchen floor. It was just the bottom of her legs I could see. I went into the kitchen and she is lying on her back with her arms and legs spread, her arms were out and her legs were straight. Mr Jackson asked Kane if she looked dead, to which he closed his eyes and said "yes." Mr Jackson then asked: "Could you imagine doing that?" Kane replied: "I couldn't do something like that to my granny. I'm sorry, I don't know who did that, I just know I didn't do it. Mr Jackson said: "You went back and she was probably dead. Did you do that? Kane replied: "No, definitely not." He said that after finding his grandmother, he phoned his mum, then the emergency services where he started to carry out CPR under their instructions until his aunt, Maureen Kennedy, arrived and took over. Kane, 41, pleads not guilty to murdering 87-year-old Mrs Milward, who was found with 26 external injuries, at her home in Stonehouse, Lanarkshire on 3 January. It is alleged that at her home in Brodie Place, Stonehouse, he assaulted her, seized hold of her head and body, repeatedly punched and kicked her on the head and body, struck her on the head and body with a blunt implement, otherwise inflicted blunt force injuries on her, placed his hand over her mouth, dragged her on the floor, applied pressure to her neck, and murdered her. The court heard earlier that a consultant forensic pathologist determined the cause of death to be head and neck injuries, most likely caused by an assault, and heart disease. The trial, in front of Lord Matthews, continues.