Bodies of gay couple found in bloodied boarding house room moments after neighbours heard fighting 

Bodies of a gay couple are found in their bloodied boarding house room moments after neighbours heard them fighting

• The police were following up after receiving a concern for welfare report
• They found the men’s blood-stained bodies in the boarding house room
• Neighbours say one lived in boarding house and the other was his partner

By Padraig Collins For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 06:20 GMT, 30 January 2022 | Updated: 06:20 GMT, 30 January 2022

A gay couple in inner city Sydney were heard fighting just before their bloodied bodies were discovered in a boarding house room.

Police were following up on a concern for welfare report late on Saturday night when they found the grisly scene.

Steven Finlay, 52, was found dead and still clutching his phone about 11.45pm at the house on Cleveland Street in Redfern, in central Sydney.

Neighbours said Mr Finlay lived at the boarding house and the other man, Mitch Watson, 32, was his boyfriend and often stayed there.

Steven Finlay (pictured) was found dead alongside his partner, Mitch Watson

A man who lived next to the pair, who wished to be known only as John, heard them fighting before the room went quiet and police found their bloodstained bodies.

‘It was like he punched his mate at the wall and I woke up and said ‘what the f**k are you doing, stop it’,’ he told the Daily Telegraph.

‘I heard bang bang bang, then it went dead quiet and the police came. They’re always fighting, I hear it.’

John looked into the room when the police were there and saw the couple dead on the ground.

‘There was blood. A lot of blood. All on his arm. It looked like his arm had gone through glass. He had his phone in his hand, poor bugger,’ he said.

Another local said Mr Finlay had lived there for a few years.  

Mr Finlay’s landlord Brian said he was a ‘nice bloke’.

Police, with the assistance from the State Crime Command’s homicide squad, are investigating the couple’s deaths.

No charges have been laid and police have not alleged any other person was involved in the deaths. 

Anyone with information is urged to contact police.

Mitch Watson (pictured) was found dead alongside his partner Steven Finlay

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