A former footballer has been jailed for 11 years 10 months for killing his dad.
Paul Conlon punched his 77-year-old father several times to the head and face during an argument at the family home in Sunderland on 24 December.
Harry Conlon died in hospital on 18 January. Conlon admitted manslaughter on the opening day of his murder trial at Newcastle Crown Court.
Conlon, 43, played for Sunderland and Hartlepool United in the 1990s.
Conlon, of no fixed abode, was staying with his parents and sparked an argument shortly before 15:00 when he came downstairs drunk, Northumbria Police said.