Just last week, he promised to fire the officer involved after he was acquitted from the case.
He also reportedly claimed that Hitler would be acquitted from court today as he had no idea that the Nazis were waging atrocities on Jewish people across Europe.
The party was founded by Janusz Korwin-Mikke, a man who was fined for racist language last month, and also reportedly claimed Adolf Hitler was unaware of the Holocaust, claiming that the Nazi leader would be acquitted from court if he stood trial today because he had no idea that his regime was persecuting Jewish people across Europe.
"It's interesting that in this day and age a jury was not influenced by the gay panic defense," Purcell said, contrasting it with a 1992 case he campaigned against, where two young men were acquitted from almost bashing a middle-aged gay man to death with an iron bar.
Mr. McKinnon, who died about five years ago of a heart problem, was acquitted; testimony from two key witnesses was discredited by defense evidence.
As for those who were acquitted, apart from Mason, only Bott has had any public profile - he was marketing manager of the ill-fated left-wing newspaper, News on Sunday.
BODDEN ACQUITTED Browns cornerback Leigh Bodden was acquitted on charges stemming from a confrontation in September with the police at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Tried by a court of inquiry, Alexander was acquitted, but fired from his job at Castle Thunder.
Again, he was acquitted despite evidence from tapes secretly recorded at the Bergin club in which he was heard discussing preparations for the shooting and despite testimony from a participant in the plot.
When it was over, to the astonishment of the police and the victim's supporters, Ferris was acquitted and walked from court a free man, albeit with a £30,000 contract on his head.
