Sydney man admits to pushing a gay American off a cliff in 1988
The defendant faces a potential sentence of life in prison on sentencing scheduled for Tuesday.
by The Associated Press
May 02, 2022
3 minutes
CANBERRA, Australia â A man told police he killed American mathematician Scott Johnson in 1988 by pushing the 27-year-old off a Sydney cliff in what prosecutors describe as a gay hate crime, a court heard on Monday.
Scott White, 51, appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court for a sentencing hearing after he pleaded guilty in January to the murder of the Los Angeles-born Canberra resident, whose death at the
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