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Duncan Murray and Maeve Bannister

NSW police failed victims of gay hate crimes: inquiry

The deaths of Crispin Dye and Scott Johnson were among those examined by the special NSW inquiry. (HANDOUT/NSW POLICE)

NSW Police needs to rebuild trust with the LGBTQI community after failing to properly investigate potential gay hate crimes over decades, a landmark inquiry has found.

In many cases the response to victims and their families by police was indifferent, negligent, dismissive or even hostile, commissioner John Sackar said.

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