November 26, 2015 12.00 pm This story is over 99 months old

Lincoln grandad changes plea and admits murdering grandson

Change of plea: Stewart Greene has changed his plea following a legal ruling by the trial judge and admitted murder.

A Lincoln grandad has admitted murdering his grandson in court on the morning of Thursday, November 26.

Stewart Greene changed his plea following a legal ruling by the trial judge and admitted to the murder of Alex Robinson on December 23, 2014.

The 65-year-old previously denied murder but confessed to drowning the nine-year-old boy in court on Tuesday, November 24.

The jury was also told that Greene was discharged from the Peter Hodgkinson Centre without the knowledge of his consultant psychiatrist and without any care plan.

More to come.

Follow the progress of the murder trial so far: