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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

'You're gonna take the rap': Alleged killer claims he was pressured to confess

State Emergency Service volunteers search an area near the Weston Creek skatepark after the fatal fight. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

An alleged murderer claims he was collared in a laundry and pressured to confess to a Canberra skatepark killing by a teenager twice his size, who told him "you're gonna take the rap for this".

The 17-year-old accused took the witness stand in the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday, telling a jury he feared he was to blame until he learned, weeks later, who the deceased was.

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