Boxer admits manslaughter over girl

A fitness instructor today admitted killing his best friend with a single punch to the chin in a New Year's Day row over the sister of X Factor star Liam Payne.

Trained boxer Martin Gannon struck ex-soldier Craig Glaze, rupturing an artery and triggering a brain haemorrhage from which he never recovered.

Gannon, a 24-year-old personal trainer at Wolverhampton Swimming and Fitness Centre in Wednesfield, appeared at the city's crown court today where he admitted the manslaughter of Mr Glaze.

The 25-year-old victim lived next to his attacker on Cromwell Road, Bushbury.

Police said today Gannon learned on New Year's Eve that Mr Glaze had had a "brief relationship" with his ex-girlfriend Nicola Payne, sister of singer Liam.

It happened after her split with Gannon but he confronted Mr Glaze at his house the following morning. He died the next day.

Judge John Warner bailed Gannon ahead of sentencing but warned of the "almost inevitable sentence."

Det Ch Insp Darren Crutchley said today: "They had known each other since they were knee high and it was an extremely close relationship, to the point where the reality of that breach of trust was something Gannon could never accept."