Fight to include evidence of ‘significant importance’ in Scott Johnson murder trial

A legal fight is brewing over the admissibility of “significant” evidence in the murder of Scott Johnson that could derail any future trial, a court has been told.

The New South Wales Supreme Court today heard the case against the alleged murderer, Scott White, would be “sustainably” weakened if the evidence was ruled inadmissible.

Mr White is accused killing Johnson in 1988, in one of the state’s longest-running and most high-profile gay hate mysteries.

Mr Johnson’s body was found at the bottom of cliffs near Manly, on Sydney’s northern…