NSW Police lose bid to stop inquiry examining Scott Johnson death

NSW Police lose bid to stop inquiry examining Scott Johnson death

The head of a landmark inquiry said “much does remain unknown in relation to circumstances surrounding Scott Johnson’s death”.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

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An inquiry is seeking new DNA evidence in the unsolved death of John Russell,whose body was found on the rocks beneath the Bondi to Tamarama walk in 1989.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Police under fire as notebooks revealed in former AC/DC manager’s murder case

Police under fire as notebooks revealed in former AC/DC manager’s murder case

Previously unseen notebooks from police who investigated the murder of former AC/DC manager Crispin Dye have been handed to an inquiry as new DNA evidence was revealed.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Explosive new evidence in 1993 murder of former AC/DC manager

Explosive new evidence in 1993 murder of former AC/DC manager

Bloodstains,DNA and two pieces of paper were found in Crispin Dye’s clothing 30 years after his death. They had never been forensically examined.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Sydney at centre of global Anglican stand-off over sex and colonialism

Sydney at centre of global Anglican stand-off over sex and colonialism

The Anglican Diocese of Sydney’s ecclesiastical ally,Ugandan Bishop Stephen Kaziimba,backed the African country’s harsh new anti-homosexuality laws.

  • byJordan Baker
Long fight for gay hate justice exposes police culture
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Long fight for gay hate justice exposes police culture

The fact that the gay hate crime and the punishment took 35 years to finally meet lies at the feet of the NSW Police and is an indelible black mark against those we expect to protect us.

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Explosive texts reveal police hostility to Scott Johnson’s family

Explosive texts reveal police hostility to Scott Johnson’s family

A senior NSW police officer said it was “not in my DNA” for her to let the Johnson family win,text messages reveal.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andSarah McPhee
Caught in Spider’s web:Eastern suburbs murder mystery solved

Caught in Spider’s web:Eastern suburbs murder mystery solved

Stanley Bruce Early roamed Alison Park assaulting men he believed were homosexual. He has now been found guilty of killing Sydney father Raymond Keam at the gay beat 36 years ago.

  • bySarah McPhee andMichaela Whitbourn
Family’s ‘tortured path’ to justice,35 years after killing at Manly

Family’s ‘tortured path’ to justice,35 years after killing at Manly

Scott Johnson’s family feel Thursday “might finally be the day” they get justice,as his killer Scott White is sentenced for his death in December 1988.

  • bySarah McPhee
Police lost murder weapon used in ‘brazen’ Parramatta shop stabbing

Police lost murder weapon used in ‘brazen’ Parramatta shop stabbing

Walter John Bedser was stabbed in broad daylight in a possible revenge killing in his antique shop,but his killer has never been found.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Granddaughter’s heartbreaking message about murder of grandfather

Granddaughter’s heartbreaking message about murder of grandfather

“Murder is a haunting that never leaves you,” the youngest grandchild of Richard Slater said. He was killed days before Christmas.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn