A SWANSEA man was warned about lying after claiming he could not remember offering to supply cocaine to Paul Grabham shortly before the alleged murder.

Paul Alexander Price, of West Cross, sent a text message to Grabham on the evening of March 27 to say he had "good stuff" that was "two for 60".

Called to the witness box yesterday, Mr Price claimed not to remember what the text had been about. He said from time-to-time he sold car parts — and the text was possibly about such parts.

But after being warned by Mr Justice Butterfield there were "penalties for lying on oath", the witness agreed the message referred to a Class A drug. "It was a text offering to sell Paul Grabham two wraps of cocaine for £60," he said.

Mr Price said at 2.41am on March 28 he received a call from Grabham, saying he wanted cocaine.

He told Grabham he would ring him back after contacting a friend, but in the event there was no further contact between him and the defendant that night.

Yesterday, the court also heard from a number of police officers who had dealings with Grabham after he reported his wife missing. Constable Graham Morgan, who visited the Rosehill Terrace flat on March 30, conducted a "brief search" but found nothing to make him suspicious.

Constable John Quinn, who went there on March 31, found Grabham's behaviour "erratic" but also saw nothing "out of the ordinary" at the flat.

Constable Matthew Sweeney said Grabham was "entirely co-operative" when he visited him on April 1.