Overview
- South Wales Police said a 53-year-old man was found at a Port Tennant property after welfare concerns and confirmed the death is not being treated as suspicious.
- Formal identification has not yet taken place, and the man's family and the coroner have been informed.
- Proceedings at Swansea Crown Court were adjourned, with Judge Geraint Walters describing an unexplained and sudden death that had shaken the court.
- Hartson was a member of Angel Chambers, whose colleagues said they were too numb to offer a tribute.
- Before becoming a barrister who worked on major cases in English and Welsh, he served for two decades in policing in London and Cardiff, including Special Branch and New Scotland Yard, and he was the brother of former Wales international John Hartson.