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Man guilty of Defoe manslaughter | Man guilty of Defoe manslaughter |
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A man has been found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey of killing the half-brother of Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe. | A man has been found guilty by a jury at the Old Bailey of killing the half-brother of Tottenham and England striker Jermain Defoe. |
Father-of-three Jade Defoe, a 26-year-old rapper, was punched to the ground in Newham, east London, last April, the jury was told. | Father-of-three Jade Defoe, a 26-year-old rapper, was punched to the ground in Newham, east London, last April, the jury was told. |
Mr Defoe, known by his middle name Gavin, died four days later. | Mr Defoe, known by his middle name Gavin, died four days later. |
Christopher Farley, 34, of Kingswood Road, Leytonstone, east London, was convicted of manslaughter. | |
'Bad temper' | |
Mr Defoe fractured his skull and sustained fatal brain damage when he fell to the pavement from a punch thrown by Farley. | |
Farley later admitted to police he had a "bad temper". | |
He was overheard by a prison officer during a telephone conversation saying: "I did it - just one of those things." | |
Jermain Defoe, who was five months younger, rushed to his bedside from training with Tottenham after learning he was unlikely to survive. | |
Farley will be sentenced later. |