Intellectually disabled northern Sydney man Gerard Fleming was killed in a public toilet known as a gay cruising ground, and now a teenager is accused of his murder. Gerard Fleming The teenager pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court yesterday to murdering Fleming, 35, who was autistic. He allegedly stabbed the older man with a folding knife after Fleming emerged from one of the cubicles with his trousers down and joked that he wanted to give his new friend "a wedgie", reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Fleming had survived long enough to tell police the first name, school and age of the person who had harmed him. As he lay dying in the ambulance, he explained they had met that night at the nearby toilets. The teenager had told friends he had stabbed Fleming in self-defence, after the older man had tried to "roll", or rape, him. This story continues on the link below.
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First published: Wednesday, 13th August 2008 - 6:18pm