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Academic breaks down at inquiry while explaining his review of Sydney's gay hate deaths

Dr Derek Dalton answers questions about the spate of deaths in Sydney

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".

The 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.

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