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Gino Spocchia

Australian man sentenced to 12 years after admitting to pushing gay American off cliff in 1988

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An Australian man has avoided a life sentence for the murder of a gay American who he met at a bar in Sydney in 1988 before pushing to his death from a cliff.

Scott White, 51, pleaded guilty in January to murdering Scott Johnson, 27, and was sentenced by the New South Wales Supreme Court on Tuesday for the death, which was initially called a suicide before the case was examined.

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