“He said ‘the only good poofter is a dead poofter’,” Mrs White told the court. She told the NSW Supreme Court on Monday that White often bragged about bashing gay men and referred to Dr Johnson as a “girly looking poofter”. Police interviewed White in 2020 after his ex-wife Helen tipped off authorities.
It wasn’t until 2017 that an inquest found that Dr Johnson died as the result of an act of another person.
Police initially believed Dr Johnson took his own life and the case went cold for decades despite his family advocating for further investigation and multiple inquests being held. Detective Sergeant John Breda, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Yeomans and Detective Senior Constable Tim Carey arrested Scott Phillip White.
