Judge found Scott White punched Johnson in a violent act, causing the American to fall to his death
man has been sentenced to more than 12 years’ jail, three decades after murdering an American mathematician at a Sydney gay beat.
“[White] did a violent act and that act is the direct cause of Dr Johnson leaving the clifftop in terror,” the judge said.The fatal assault was done with reckless indifference to human life, with White throwing the punch near the unguarded edge of a high coastal cliff and then fleeing the scene without notifying the police after Johnson disappeared over the edge.
The outcome ends a long-running ordeal for Johnson’s family who pursued justice for more than three decades, refusing to believe an initial police inquest which found the death was a suicide. After the hearing, brother Steve Johnson told reporters that speaking in court was a chance to look White right in the eyes.
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