Defoe brother killer jailed for three years

Christopher Farley rode up on a BMX bicycle to confront Jade Defoe and start a row before knocking him unconscious.

Mr Defoe, a 26-year-old father-of-three, fractured his skull and suffered brain damage when his head hit the pavement.

Farley, of Kingswood Road, Leytonstone, East London, later admitted to police that 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."

Mr Defoe, who was known by his middle name Gavin, died in hospital four days after the attack in April last year in Newham, east London.

His half-brother Jermain, who was five months younger, rushed to Gavin's bedside from training with Tottenham after learning he was unlikely to survive.

Farley was found guilty of manslaughter by an Old Bailey jury.

Defence lawyer Imran Khan, claimed the death was caused by failings in hospital treatment.