Alan Greaves murder
Church organist Alan Greaves was fatally attacked as he walked from his Sheffield home to his local church where he was due to play at the Christmas Eve mass
Church organist Alan Greaves was fatally attacked as he walked from his Sheffield home to his local church where he was due to play at the Christmas Eve mass
A jury at Sheffield Crown Court has found a man guilty of manslaughter of a church organist.
Alan Greaves was attacked on Christmas Eve 2012 on his way to Midnight Mass.
The jury of six men and six women found Ashley Foster, 22, not guilty of murder after almost 13 hours of deliberations, but reached a guilty of manslaughter verdict instead.
22-year-old Jonathan Bowling had already admitted murdering the 68-year-old.
As two men are sentenced for the death of a church organist in Sheffield the court hears about the violent past of one of the killers.
A man who was attacked on his way to Midnight Mass has been described a quiet and shy man.
A coroner has spoken of his disgust at the killing of a church organist, who was attacked on Christmas Eve.