A MAN accused of murdering Eddy Lemalama during a fight on Good Friday 2024 claims he was acting in self-defence when he twice stabbed the 40-year-old on his front porch at Windale.
Jacob Bell, now 23, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to murder, but guilty to manslaughter over the death of Mr Lemalama and faced the first day of an estimated four-week trial in Newcastle Supreme Court.