JUST IN: Scott Phillip White has been jailed for a maximum of nine years for the manslaughter of American mathematician Scott Johnson at Manly, 35 years ago. 9News FULL STORY:
The 52-year-old had long denied murdering Johnson, only to say "guilty, I am guilty" in a surprise plea during a pre-trial hearing in Sydney in January 2022.
White, who now has early onset dementia due to excessive alcohol abuse, was described as a Manly 'street kid' at the time of the killing.READ MORE:Originally thought of as a suicide, NSW Police eventually opened an investigation into what they thought was a gay hate crime in 2012. Justice Beech-Jones said he could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the crime was a "gay hate crime".
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