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NPR reports:
An Australian pleaded guilty on Thursday to the manslaughter of an American who fell to his death 35 years ago from a Sydney clifftop that was known as a gay meeting place, with the victim’s family welcoming the latest twist in their long campaign for justice.
Scott White’s admission in the New South Wales state Supreme Court comes three months after he had his conviction for murdering Scott Johnson [photo] overturned by an appeals court.
The family of the Los Angeles-born Johnson had fought for years to overturn an initial finding that the 27-year-old mathematician had taken his own life in 1988. Media have reported police had intercepted a prison phone call between White and a relative in October last year in which he confessed to striking his victim at the clifftop.
Read the full article. Authorities have noted that violent gangs have long prowled Sydney’s cruising areas in search of gay men to rob and assault.
An Australian has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of an American who fell to his death 35 years ago from a Sydney cliff top. https://t.co/tb97RQJsT8
— ABC News (@ABC) February 23, 2023
More than 30 years after American mathematician Scott Johnson died after falling off cliff in Sydney, a man has been charged with his death in an apparent gay hate crime that police believe was one of many over several decades in Australia’s largest city. https://t.co/jBrU4elusi
— Breaking News (@BreakingNews) May 12, 2020