Brother of Scott Johnson, gay American attacked on Sydney cliff in 1988, says killer deserves no leniency

A man who admitted killing American mathematician Scott Johnson by punching him from a cliff top at a gay meeting place in Sydney in 1988 deserves no leniency and should face the longest time in jail, the victim's brother said Tuesday.

Scott Phillip White, 52, appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court for a sentencing hearing after pleading guilty to manslaughter. White had pleaded guilty to murder last year, but changed his mind and had that conviction overturned on appeal.

Johnson's Boston-based older brother Steve Johnson said White had lost the family's sympathy by withdrawing his confession to murder.