After beating his grandfather to death in their New Cross home, a grandson has pleaded guilty to manslaughter

Oliver Kent

On May 28, 2021, Jack Forde, 25, attacked Christopher Martin, 74, in their shared home on Wild Goose Drive.

On Wednesday (April 12), he appeared at the Old Bailey and pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter with diminished responsibility.

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