Scott Johnson, 27, appears to have been forced off the cliff, which was known as a meetup place for gay men.
A search warrant was executed Tuesday morning at a Sydney home near where the man was arrested. A forensic search at North Head cliffs, where Johnson was killed, was also conducted, police said.
“Making that phone call this morning is a career highlight ― Steve has fought so hard for so many years, and it has been an honour to be part of his fight for justice,” the commissioner said in a statement. At the time of Scott Johnson’s death, local police were said to turn a blind eye to attacks against gay men. They claimed that the area around the cliffs was not a so-called “gay beat” and that there were not multiple reports of groups violently targeting gay men at the cliffs.
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