A 37-year-old man is convicted of manslaughter after pushing his biological father to the ground outside a pub in County Durham on Christmas Eve. Martin Greensmith, from northeast England, was found guilty of the offence against Steven Shevels, 61, following the incident in a beer garden or pub garden.
Reporting across outlets says Greensmith discovered that Shevels was his biological father just hours before the killing. The case is described as being tried at Teesside Crown Court, with a seven-day trial mentioned in one account. Other coverage focuses on the same core facts: the location and date of the incident, the relationship between the two men, and that the court conviction is for manslaughter rather than murder. None of the sources provide additional details about the precise circumstances beyond the account that the relationship was learned shortly before the confrontation.
Overall, the outlets present a consistent timeline: Christmas Eve confrontation in a pub garden, immediate discovery of their biological relationship, and a manslaughter conviction after trial.
