‘Men were scattering everywhere’: inquiry hears of string of violent incidents at Sydney gay beats

Barry Charles says a car careered towards a group of men one night in Rushcutters Bay in the 1990s, sending them fleeing

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Men at a popular Sydney gay beat had to scatter when a car careered towards them like it was on a kangaroo shoot", an inquiry has heard.

The car's headlights and an apparent spotlight were blazing as the car drove at men at Rushcutters Bay Park in Sydney's east in the 1990s.

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