Former Cop Reveals Horrific Gay Bashgs by Police

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• HATE CRIME SYDNEY: FIVE THUGS BASH GAY MAN OUTSI UNIVERSAL NIGHTCLUB ON OXFORD STREET
• SYDNEY'S GAY HATE CRIM STILL UNSOLVED 30 YEARS ON AS REPORT LLS FOR MORE VTIGATNS
• CO JUMBO FROM DRAG RACE DOWN UNR ONCE SAVED A MAN FROM A GAY BASHG ON OXFORD STREET

HATE CRIME SYDNEY: FIVE THUGS BASH GAY MAN OUTSI UNIVERSAL NIGHTCLUB ON OXFORD STREET

A young gay artist who was bashed unnsc by five thugs a spected 'hate crime' feared the group of homophob 'wanted to kill', 33, says he was kicked, punched and stomped on while tryg to avoid an altertn wh the group of unknown men outsi Universal nightclub on Sydney's Oxford Street at around 4am on June was shed to hospal where he later woke up not knowg where he was, bloodied, wh a broken nose and his ey swollen Police have lnched a major public appeal to track down the vlent men, releasg a seri of imag and CCTV footage of the five wanted over the btal attack.

SYDNEY'S GAY HATE CRIM STILL UNSOLVED 30 YEARS ON AS REPORT LLS FOR MORE VTIGATNS

Aaron spoke to Ne News on Thursday, revealg the terrifyg oral that saw him approached by a man hurlg gay slurs before the thugs chased him down the street.

' The 33-year-old was the target of a spected hate crime outsi a nightclub on Oxford Street June - and believ the thugs wanted to kill him Pictured: The group of men NSW Police believe were behd the disgtg homophobic attack on the 33-year-old artist'The guy who talked to me lled me a f****t. 'Dark secrets behd gay hate murrs of 23 men at Sydney's beach may be unlocked as killer of brilliant Amerin stunt phed off cliff 30 years ago utters stunng last mute nfsnBy Candace SuttonA 50-year-old man's shock last mute nfsn sayg he was 'guilty, guilty, guilty' urt this week to the 1988 murr of a US maths stunt has given police h hope of unlockg up to 23 'gay hate' Phillip Whe clared his guilt a spl send cisn at a pre-trial hearg, alarmg his lawyers who ma an unsuccsful attempt to have the plea now awas sentencg for phg 27-year-old Stt Johnson off a cliff at Manly's North Head, the brilliant PhD graduate's body found on the rocks below on December 10, apologised to his barrister Belda Rigg, sayg he appreciated her efforts 'but I n't handle ' and Jtice Helen Wilson nvicted Johnson had left his cloth neatly fold at the top of Blue Fish Pot, and spe a bungled police fdg the ath was a suici, his California-based brother Steve, never believed and pursued the se for three Johnson disvered that Blue Fish Pot, like the scene of other murrs the 1970s and 1980s, was a known as a beat among Sydney's gay muny. Three s on, the murr of brilliant maths stunt Stt Johnson (above) has been solved after a man nfsed to phg the 27-year-old off a clifftop gay beat 1988 Stt Phillip Whe (above, handcuffed) shocked even his own lawyers urt on Monday utterg 'guilty, guilty, guilty' to Johnson's murr and apologisg, sayg 'I n't handle 'It was Mr Johnson's termatn that part propelled police to re-exame Stt's ath, after a third qut to his ath fdg he was likely murred and leadg tectiv to arrt the begng of the 1970s to the end of the 1980s, up to 88 gay men Sydney's east and metro areas were documented to have disappeared spic circumstanc, or were the victims of were found sla parks, hom or washed up on the rocks at the bottom of Sydney clifftops.

That we attribute to gay hate crime have not been solved, ' he said.

CO JUMBO FROM DRAG RACE DOWN UNR ONCE SAVED A MAN FROM A GAY BASHG ON OXFORD STREET

TV newsrear Ross Warren's r keys were found below the cliff face of Marks Park, South Bondi (above), a gay beat where two hate gangs operated WIN TV prenter Ross Warren was a risg star who did not flnt his sexualy and was likely head for a discreet enunter which end his beg murredThe other was loosely known as the Tamarama Gang, wh three members aged 16 to 17, who met up at night on the Bondi-Tamarama 2. Siar thgs were gog on at the clifftops which flank the harbour, and cy parks which ntued as clanste meetg spots even after homosexualy was crimalised New South Wal 1984. AC/DC Manager Crisp Dye (above) was btally bashed near Oxford Street, Sydney, December 1993 and died hospal on Christmas Day, aged 41Martial arts expert Raymond Keam (left), 43, and Cyril Olsen (right), 61, were two more victims of spected gay bashgs 1987 and 1992 rpectively In 1985, 27-year-old French natnal Gil Mattai was livg was last seen walkg along the astal walkg track at Tamarama on September 15 that year by a neighbour; he was not reported missg until January 1987, martial arts expert Raymond Keam was bashed to ath at Alison Park, Randwick, and December 1988, William Allen was bashed to ath at Alexandria Park, Alexandria.