Daniel Makesi

A MAN has been found guilty of stabbing a teenager to death during a brawl at a birthday party.
Daniel Makesi Valusaga, 22, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 18-year-old Solomone Christopher Latu at the Civic Centre Park in Logan, south of Brisbane, on July 16, 2006.The Brisbane Supreme Court heard Valusaga, of Marsden, had armed himself with a knife and a meat cleaver and went to a party to seek revenge on people who had beaten up his younger brother, 20-year-old Leon Sapati Valusaga, earlier that evening.
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The jury found Daniel Valusaga not guilty of murder, but guilty of manslaughter. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the first day of the trial, but the Crown did not accept the plea.During the trial, prosecutor Belinda Merrin told the court Valusaga, alongside his brother Leon who had armed himself with an axe, went back to the party and chased Leon's attacker.When they couldn't catch the attacker, Ms Merrin said they turned on another male at the party.Ms Merrin said Mr Latu tried to break up the fight by punching Valusaga, and it was then that Valusaga delivered the fatal wound.