Scott Phillip White pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Los Angeles-born Scott Johnson, ending the victim’s family’s 35-year battle for justice.
SYDNEY — An Australian man who admitted killing a gay American by punching him off a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in prison, ending the victim’s family’s 35-year battle for justice.
Steve Johnson, right, with his sisters, Terry, left, and Rebecca, and his wife Rosemarie, second right, arrive at the Supreme Court in Sydney in May 2022 for a sentencing hearing in the murder of their brother Scott Johnson.“Not much is known of the death beyond a punch on a cliff, a fall from a cliff and decades of pain and grief that followed,” Justice Robert Beech-Jones said during sentencing on Thursday.
“The killer’s behind bars and he’s admitted to doing it. I feel like I’ve done right by Scott,” he added. “Steve has fought for nearly 35 years. God, to only have a brother like that,” Yeomans said outside court. White, who now has early onset dementia due to alcohol abuse, was described as a “street kid” at the time of the killing.
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