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.
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.
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