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Greta Stonehouse

Scott White sentence and conviction quashed over Scott Johnson murder

A man jailed after unexpectedly pleading guilty to the murder of American mathematician Scott Johnson has had his conviction quashed.

Scott Philip White was handed a 12-year jail sentence in May, more than three decades after Mr Johnson's body was found at the base of cliffs at North Head, near Manly, in 1988.

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