Man Jailed for Killing Pensioner who had Affair with his Mum

A man has been jailed for killing a pensioner who had a three year affair with his mother. Richard Brady, 33, has been caged for four and a half years for the culpable homicide of 68-year-old Alistair Balfour in June 2014. The dad of one struck Mr Balfour on the mouth as he stood with his hands in his pocket in a pub in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. The force of the blow caused Mr Balfour, of East Kilbride, to fall backwards and smash his head off the wooden floor of the town's Montgomerie Arms boozer. As Mr Balfour fell Brady - who was on bail at the time for smoking and being disruptive on a plane - then turned and walked out of the pub. On Wednesday, Brady was imprisoned following a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh. Passing sentence, Lord Turnbull told Brady, also of East Kilbride, that he had no other option but to imprison him for the culpable homicide. He added: "Your conduct resulted in a man losing his life. I must impose a sentence that reflects the seriousness of this offence." Brady had pleaded guilty to a culpable homicide charge last month at the High Court in Glasgow. Brady admitted killing Mr Balfour by punching him once on the head and causing him to hit his head and causing him to hit his head on the floor. Sentence had been deferred until Wednesday for court to obtain reports. At the earlier hearing, the court heard how Brady had previous convictions for assault and assault to injury. The court also heard that Mr Balfour, a self employed television and video engineer, had an extramarital affair with Brady's mother. The on off relationship lasted for around three years before it finished on Christmas Day 2012. Mrs Brady and Mr Balfour parted on bad terms. As a result of this Brady and Mr Balfour fell out. They reported each other to the police for vandalism and breach of the peace but no action was taken because of insufficient evidence. On June 8 2014, Mr Balfour arrived at the Montgomerie Arms pub at 4pm and seemed to be in good spirits. About 20 minutes later,Brady entered and spoke to Mr Balfour about an alleged incident involving his car. Prosecution lawyer Angela Gray told the court: "The accused was heard to say 'I seen you walk away from ma car' and Mr Balfour replied 'no son'. "Mr Brady then stated, 'you put sugar in ma tank,' and Mr Balfour said 'not me son.'" The court heard that Brady then said in an aggressive manner that nobody in the pub liked Mr Balfour and then asked him to go outside for a fight. Another customer and a staff member intervened to try to calm things down. Ms Gray added: "The accused appeared to start to make his way towards the exit and whispered something in Mr Balfour's ear. "Mr Balfour put his hands in his pockets. The accused then punched him with some force to his face. "Mr Balfour immediately fell backwards, striking his head against the tiled floor and lay motionless." The court heard that Mr Balfour suffered two fractures to his skull, bruising to his mouth and two black eyes. The cause of death was a head injury. Defence solicitor advocate John Carroll told the court that his client had mental health problems. Mr Carroll also said that his client had expressed remorse for his actions. He added: "He anticipates going to jail. He feels that he will be able to deal with his problems in prison. He feels that he will be able to receive help for his problems." Lord Turnbull also told Brady that if he hadn't pleaded guilty, he would have been jailed for six years.