A clergyman's daughter told a jury she had found the man accused of murdering and dismembering her father "very pleasant".

Giving evidence this morning, Christine Freeman, daughter of the Rev Ronald Glazebrook, said she had met Christopher Hunnisett twice before her father's death.

Hunnisett, 18, formerly of Coventry Road, St Leonards, denies murder.

He also denies conspiring to prevent Mr Glazebrook's lawful burial, along with Jason Groves, 18, of Stonehouse Drive, St Leonards.

The prosecution alleges Hunnisett drowned Mr Glazebrook in his bath, hacked him to pieces and disposed of them at various sites in Sussex because he feared being asked to leave his flat.

Mr Glazebrook had taken the teenager under his wing and had him living at his home in Dane Road, St Leonards.

Mrs Freeman said of Hunnisett: "He seemed very pleasant, very open, fine. There was no problem."

But she said that impression changed following her father's disappearance.

She became concerned about his whereabouts when he missed church and a missing persons inquiry was launched on April 30 last year.

Mrs Freeman rang Hunnisett the following day.

She said: "He told me he could now remember when he last saw my father. It was on the Friday evening when he had a cup of coffee and ate a Ryvita.

"He said he thought my father could have gone for a walk on the seafront after his cup of coffee.

"But neither of these statements I believed. I knew they were wrong."

"My father had a medical condition and would not have had coffee after 7pm or gone for a walk late at night."

Opening the trial yesterday, Philip Katz QC, prosecuting, said Hunnisett enlisted Groves in helping dispose of the body parts.

He said Mr Glazebrook gave Hunnisett a home after hearing he was having problems with his parents.

But their relationship worsened, Mr Katz said, and Mr Glazebrook ended up being abused in his own home.

On May 16 Mr Glazebrook's legs, arms and head were found behind the Summerfield Sports Centre in Hastings.

The next day the defendants were arrested. Mr Katz said Groves led police to two further burial sites, on the A259 between Bexhill and Pevensey and at Friston Hill, near Seaford.

Hunnisett denies murder. He and groves have both admitted preventing a lawful burial.

The trial continues.