This is the mugshot of the man who murdered his mum

This is the man who killed his mum by stamping on her head.

Stephen John Ball, 32, was found guilty of the murder of Susanne Galvin following a trial at Bolton Crown Court.

Ms Galvin, 55, was found with extensive bruising at their home in Bury in September last year. This included 'patterning' to her face consistent with the sole of Ball's ASICS trainers, Bolton Crown Court heard.

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Ball pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of the partial defence of diminished responsibility. He denied murder but jurors found him guilty following a week-long trial.

Shortly before 8pm on September 16, 2023, a disturbance was reported by neighbours at a flat on Pear Avenue.

Ball was heard shouting 'thieving b****' and 'Mum, let me in'. Calls were made to the emergency services. Ball called his grandmother, Mary Galvin, who lives in Ireland.

Prosecuting, Gordon Cole KC, said: "He said he had come back to the flat to find she was injured. He said he didn't know if she had been attacked, but said she was struggling to breathe.

"He told her that her wrist was broken and she had bruising to her eyes and shoulder and she was lay on the bed. Mary told the defendant that Suzanne needed to go to hospital, but he told his grandmother that Suzanne said she did not want to go to hospital at that stage and would go in the morning."

Mrs Galvin asked to speak to her daughter and could hear her breathing 'erratically', jurors were told. She tried to persuade Ball to call an ambulance, but he said he had 'no credit', so she called 999 herself.

Ms Galvin was found unresponsive on a mattress, before being was taken to Salford Royal Hospital. She died two days