Star Observer issue 1189

Australia s most respected LGBTI news source Friday 23 August 2013 | Issue 1189 | starobserver. com. au Rogue cops behind bashing Feature Serkan Ozturk You may not know it looking at him today, but it is no understatement to suggest Alan Rosendale is very... More

Australia s most respected LGBTI news source Friday 23 August 2013 | Issue 1189 | starobserver. com. au Rogue cops behind bashing Feature Serkan Ozturk You may not know it looking at him today, but it is no understatement to suggest Alan Rosendale is very fortunate to be with us. Now aged 56 and living in Newtown, Rosendale was viciously attacked by a gang of club-wielding “skinhead” thugs on a cold autumn’s night in May 1989 while walking through Moore Park on his way to his Surry Hills home after a night out with friends. “They said something like: ‘There’s one – get him!’. I just ran. I think I actually fell, they didn’t push me into the gutter, and then they attacked me,” Rosendale told the Star Observer this week. “I got a broken nose, I needed teeth work done and I was in hospital until the following Friday. I wasn’t in a good way and I was off work for about three weeks. ” Rosendale was only saved when a local gay man – Paul Simes – who happened to be driving on South Dowl Less