The brother of American Scott Johnson says the man who attacked Johnson on a cliff top in Sydney in 1988 deserves no leniency.
Steve Johnson, the brother of Scott Johnson, speaks to media outside the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Scott Phillip White, the man who admitted killing American mathematician Scott Johnson by punching him from a cliff top at a gay meeting place in Sydney in 1988, deserves no leniency and should face the longest time in jail, Steve Johnson said.
He and his wife Rosemary “felt some compassion because of his generous plea. Today I have no sympathy,” Steve Johnson said in a victim impact statement read out to the court. “He didn’t check on Scott. He didn’t call for help. He notified no one. He simply let Scott die,” Johnson said.“You are loved, you are missed, your life mattered, and you have not been forgotten,” she said.
Prosecutor Brett Hatfield conceded the judge overseeing the new sentence may find there was not enough evidence to show White was motivated to attack Johnson because of Johnson’s sexuality. However, Hatfield still sought a higher jail sentence, saying it was an unprovoked attack on a vulnerable individual who was naked in a remote location.
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