Man admits killing beloved window cleaner after row on night out

A man has admitted killing a 'one in a million' grandad who was was punched on a night out.

Paul Brierley, 43, attacked window cleaner Paul Ologbose following an altercation outside Higher Fold Sports and Social Club in Leigh.

He was charged with manslaughter, and has now been told to expect a 'lengthy' jail sentence after pleading guilty.

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Police were called to the social club at about 2am on Sunday, January 23.

Mr Ologbose, a 57-year-old dad-of-four who was born in Partington but lived in Leigh, was rushed to hospital and died later that day.

An inquest previously heard that Mr Ologbose was punched, causing him to fall and bang his head on the floor.

"The defendant accepts what he did," Brierley's barrister Paul Treble told a hearing at Manchester Crown Court.

"He certainly doesn't want to make anything worse by not admitting his guilt."

No further details of the case were revealed during a brief plea hearing.

Judge Nicholas Dean QC told Brierley: "You have pleaded guilty at the first opportunity in this court to the offence of manslaughter.

"You cannot be sentenced today, more information is required.

"You will know that you face a lengthy sentence of imprisonment, it is just a question of how long."

Brierley, of Hendon Street, Leigh, is due to be sentenced in April.

In a tribute issued after his death, Mr Ologbose's family described him as a 'loving, caring person' who would 'help anyone in need'.

They said: "Our beautiful dad, Paul, passed away surrounded by his four children, brother and family on the 23rd January. He was taken from us too soon, and in the worst way possible, which as a family we will never get our