A gay artist believ the vlent thugs who hurled homophobic slurs before bashg him outsi a Sydney nightclub 'wanted to kill me' as NSW Police release new footage of the group of homophob.
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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
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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. 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. 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.
SYDNEY'S GAY HATE CRIM STILL UNSOLVED 30 YEARS ON AS REPORT LLS FOR MORE VTIGATNS
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. Thai stunt Krchikorn Rattanajaturathaporn was phed off a sea cliff and died om tastrophic juri or drowng and three youths were nvicted of his murr French natnal Gil Mattai (left), 21, and John Rsell (right), 31, were both believed to have been killed at Marks Park, a clifftop and popular gay beat between Tamarama and BondiBee of Mr Johnson's eye-wnsg the killg, three youths were eventually nvicted of murr and each sentenced to 14 years Force Parabell was formed and 2018 livered a report of s vtigatn to 88 gay and lbian hate crim, which was tabled NSW report revealed chillg tails about those rryg out the attacks - who were maly men, but ocsnally clud women or teenage girls - who saw isolated and dark gay beats as the perfect place to gangs 'would move around om beat to beat' and their motivatn to attack might simply have been to obta money.
'Predatory gangs would go up and asslt victims, lookg to get $10, $20 or $30 to buy some alhol and have a good night out, ' a former NSW Police tective attackers wanted to portray themselv as 'alpha mal', some simply 'hated' gays and others had been molted as children, and stggled to differentiate between paedophil and gay the time, police often bshed off the aths of gay men as suicis, the lack of vtigatn more recently scribed by former NSW Police Mister David Elltt as 'offensive'. Former NSW Police Mister David Ellt said the historic failure to vtigate gay murrs was 'offensive' but that the state's tectiv 'don't do that anymore' Former NSW Police Commissner Mick Fuller said the force had let down the gay muny the past but police were now termed to solve ld se gay hate murrs'It was offensive bee was at a time when people were slightly dismissive of hate crim, and were too easy to try to make exc or to move on. 'I do thk the plight of young gay men particularly Sydney, but also all around the world, was a difficult one.
CO JUMBO FROM DRAG RACE DOWN UNR ONCE SAVED A MAN FROM A GAY BASHG ON OXFORD STREET
' GAY HATE CRIMES IN SYDNEY IN THE 1970s and 1980s: FACT BOX TITLE CRISPIN DYE - Bashed to ath near Oxford Street, Sydney, December 1993- The former AC/DC manager had travelled down to Sydney om Queensland to see fay for Christmas when he went out Surry Hills and Darlghurst. - The 31-year-old's body was found the next morng at the base of cliffs near Marks park, a well known gay beat. Risg star TV newsrear Ross Warren was probably phed of a cliff at Marks Park 1989, but his body was never found ROSS WARREN - TV prenter believed to have been phed off a cliff 1989- The 31-year-old news prenter om Wollongong ventured down to Sydney every fortnight to party at the cy's gay clubs.
- Mr Warren's r was found nearby but his body was never OLSEN - Bashed at Rhcutters Bay and phed over a clifftop 1992- Police spect he was subjected to a gay bashg before he tumbled to the water and drowned.
- Three spects were intified - cludg a gay male prostute - but no one has ever been charged. RAYMOND KEAM - Bashed to ath a park Randwick January, 1987- The 43-year-old martial arts expert was found ad Alison Park, Randwick- It is spected he was targeted by a vlent group who attacked several other gay men around that time. A gay uple were allegedly approached by a 21-year-old and 19-year-old man before secury om a nearby licensed premise separated them on Sunday 23.