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Tom Wark

DARK SECRETS: Drill rapper admits stabbing loved local footy player | Rare Historical Photos

Sitaleki "Leks" Filihiahekava, stabbed to death in 2024, was a much-loved member of his local club. (Rounak Amini/AAP PHOTOS)

A rapper has been spared a three-week murder trial after he pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of a promising footy player on a busy shopping strip.

Jacob Tammer-Spence was charged with the murder of Sitaleki Filihiahekava after the victim was stabbed outside a restaurant on Marrickville Rd in Sydney's inner west in September 2024.

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