Queensland Police have found no evidence a New Zealand man found under an Australian bridge was seriously injured in a "gay hate crime" as his husband alleged. Maioha Tokotaua found his "mangled" husband, Joth Wilson, 25, originally of Palmerston North, unconscious under a rail bridge in Gladstone about 2am on New Year's Day. A distraught Tokotaua told Daily Mail Australia he believed his husband was attacked after a married man who propositioned him started to fear he might tell his family about his advances. He believed Wilson was thrown off the bridge and that his burns appeared to have come from a chemical or lighter fluid being poured on him and set alight. But Queensland Police said they had finished their investigation and found Wilson's injuries were consistent with a fall on to powerlines.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 13, 2017 07:30 UTC