Two men found dead in houses less than half a mile apart were brothers.

John Mitchell, 29, was found dead in a property on Castle Road in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, at 3.15pm on Sunday.

A short time later, the body of his brother, Scott, 28, was discovered at a house in nearby Moorhill Crescent.

One line of inquiry is the deaths were drug-related.

A fundraising page has raised more than £2000 for the pair's family.

The appeal says: "As you are all aware this is a very hard time for the family and as a community I thought we could come together and help take some of the stress off no matter how small it is in the severity of things.

"Please donate what you can you help the family every little helps.

"Rest easy boys, you were loved by many."

The deaths are being treated as unexplained.