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Man pleads guilty for killing lesbian
Sentencing for 2003 attack scheduled for end of April
Published Thursday, 10-Mar-2005 in issue 898
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A man pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter for fatally stabbing a 15-year-old lesbian in a fight at a bus stop.
Richard McCullough is likely to receive a prison sentence of 25 years or less for the May 2003 attack.
Sakia Gunn and four other girls were waiting at a bus stop at 3:30 a.m. when McCollough and another man drove up and asked if they wanted to go to a party.
The girls responded that they were lesbians and were not interested. Authorities said the men began making homophobic insults, and a fight began, during which Gunn was stabbed.
McCullough, 30, had been charged under the state’s bias crime statute, which gives stiffer penalties for crimes motivated by a victim’s race, sexual orientation or nationality.
That charge was dropped in exchange for a plea. McCullough could have been sentenced to 118 years if found guilty on all charges.
The judge set sentencing for April 21. 
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