Darren Steel goes on trial accused of murdering his brother Martin Steel in Swansea – live from court

A man accused of murdering his brother at a house in Swansea is due to go on trial today. The body of Martin Steel was found at an address in Hill View Crescent in Clase on Saturday, May 20, last year.

In a statement released by his family following his death the 48-year-old was described as a "beloved son, father, grandfather, and nephew". His younger sibling, 39-year-old Darren Steel of Lon Camlad , Morriston, Swansea, was subsequently charged with murder and is now due to stand trial at Swansea Crown Court.

Steel denies murder and an alternative lesser charge of manslaughter in resect of his sibling and also denies wounding with intent and the lesser alternative of unlawful wounding of Julian Samuel and denies two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against Dawn Begley. The trial, before Jude Paul Thomas KC, is expected to last three weeks.

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