Hate crime inquiry head frustrated by police response

John Russell (Supplied).jpg

John Russell was suspected of being murdered in a hate crime.

A Special Commission of Inquiry has been told of significant backlogs in the New South Wales Police unsolved homicide team. The inquiry is investigating unsolved suspected hate crime deaths of LGBTIQ+ people in the state between 1970 and 2010.


Hate crime inquiry head frustrated by police response


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