“He may have chased Dr Johnson, it may be that he pushed Dr Johnson … neither of those propositions can be accepted as proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” “Something prompted the offender to attack Dr Johnson … possibly the assault was driven by the offender’s own self-loathing and self-loathing of what Dr Johnson represented,” Justice Wilson said. White’s claim he was punched was rejected by Justice Wilson, who said there no injuries found on Dr Johnson’s hands. “He would have been well aware that he and Dr Johnson were close to a cliff edge.” “The offender necessarily foresaw that his act would probably cause the death of Dr Johnson but continued regardless of that consequence,” Justice Wilson said.

Video footage of Scott White’s interview was played in court.