A 60-year-old Dartmouth, N.S., man whose murder conviction was overturned on appeal has pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter in the case, admitting he stomped and kicked to death another man in an apartment unit seven years ago.

Gregory Maxwell Purvis made the guilty plea on Thursday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court to the charge related to the death of Derek Miles, 42, who was killed Jan. 18, 2018, at his residence on Pinecrest Drive in Dartmouth.

Purvis has been in custody since his…