Nicola Gordon told a court that she had never previously met Bill Ireland before he approached her at the Rejects shop in Kirkcaldy on January 6 2023.
Steven Greig, 47, has gone on trial at the High Court in Dundee and denies murdering Mr Ward on April 6 2022.
A round-up of court cases from Tayside and Fife.
Ramsay El-Nakla has been charged with extortion and class A drug offences following the death of a man in Dundee.
Nearly 50 people had to be evacuated after Vimal Verma, 42, started a blaze at the Killin Hotel, near Loch Tay.
Corrin Elder's assault caused his victim to fall back and strike his head on the ground, leaving him unconscious.
Daniel Mustard did not have a licence or insurance when he caused the collision.
Kenneth Douglas flung his partner across the room and 'flushed her smart watch down the toilet' during the terrifying three-hour abduction.
Leanne Ellington told a shop worker she threatened to stab, "It's not a threat, it's a promise".
