Lost DNA evidence ‘could be the cause’ of gay man’s Sydney murder going unsolved, inquiry told
by Michael Burge from World news | The Guardian on (#6A9H2)
Counsel tells NSW inquiry blood and semen samples related to Gerald Cuthbert's 1981 death went missing the following year
The loss of crucial DNA evidence contributed to a failure in investigating the murder of a 27-year-old gay man in Sydney, an inquiry has been told.
Gerald Cuthbert died as the result of a frenzied" knife attack at a Paddington unit in October 1981, the New South Wales special commission of inquiry into LGBTQ+ hate crimes heard on Wednesday.
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