An academic who helped NSW police review dozens of suspected gay hate deaths in Sydney becomes emotional while giving evidence at a public inquiry.
An academic who helped NSW Police review dozens of suspected gay hate deaths has broken down while giving evidence at a public inquiry, describing the impact of feeling "the weight of the dead on my shoulders".He has previously reviewed dozens of suspected gay hate deaths in Sydney with policeThe inquiry is investigating unsolved cases between 1970 and 2010 which may have been the result of LGBT hate crimes, and has this week been scrutinising the work of Strikeforce Parrabell.
Flinders University Associate Professor Derek Dalton, one of three academics who won the Parrabell tender with a quote of $50,750, has conceded the bias crime indicator "tool" police used to classify the cases was inadequate. Today, he became emotional while describing the impact of reading material about the cases as "personally onerous".
"I'm not saying it as some sort of flippant throwaway line, I felt the weight of the dead on my shoulders every day I did this task."
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