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Chris Dawson
Supreme court verdict in case that was the subject of popular Teacher’s Pet podcast will be appealed, Dawson’s lawyer says
Christopher Dawson has been found guilty of murdering his former wife four decades ago on Sydney’s northern beaches.
Dawson, 73, had been accused of killing Lynette Dawson in 1982. Her body has never been found and Dawson has always maintained he was not involved in her disappearance.
On Tuesday, New South Wales supreme court Justice Ian Harrison found Dawson guilty. The case had previously exploded into the public spotlight after it was featured in a hit true-crime podcast.
“I am left in no doubt … I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference [is that] Lynette Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982 as a result of a conscious or voluntary act committed by Christopher Dawson,” the judge said.
Harrison said he agreed with the prosecution that Dawson had become obsessed with his teenage lover, his former student and babysitter JC, and murdered Lynette Dawson to ensure the new relationship could continue.
Harrison said his findings had been “fortified” by the lies Dawson told after his wife was murdered, which he grouped into four categories: those Dawson told JC and others about their relationship; claims he wanted to continue his marriage with Lynette Dawson; lies he told which suggested she was still alive; and those which suggested she may have left their home of her own accord.
The lies were designed “to deflect all or any attention away” from Dawson’s involvement in the death.
Outside court, Lynette Dawson’s brother, Greg Simms, called for Dawson to reveal where her body was buried.
Earlier, Harrison had rejected the possibility Lynette Dawson voluntarily abandoned her husband and children to vanish without a trace. He dismissed claims Lynette Dawson had been seen alive after January 1982 or that she had contacted her husband.
“The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Lynette Dawson is dead … and that she did not voluntarily abandon her home,” the judge said on Tuesday.
The Teacher's Pet
Book by Hedley Thomas
2023
If you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder ...
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CHRIS DAWSON 15 May 2024
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Chris Dawson (Mr Shady) is trying to get out of prison. He stated that dropped off his wife at a Mona Vale bus stop, in Sydney, Australia and that was the last time he saw her. He said that hours after she had disappeared she had called him (a long-distance phone call) and said to him that she needed, ‘time away’.
Lynette Dawson a mother of two young children disappeared not long after her sports teacher husband shacked up with his underaged student. As soon as Lynette disappeared the student moved in and Chris had the young girl playing mother and wife to him and his children.
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Chris Dawson's misogyny 'major' red flag for daughter Shanelle as she processed mother's disappearance
For most of Shanelle Dawson’s childhood, she grew up without her mother’s loving guidance, living in a home run by her father, Chris Dawson. In 1982, her mother, Lynette, had disappeared from their idyllic family home on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. Shanelle and her younger sister were told their mother had left them, choosing not to remain in their lives anymore. Family and domestic violence…
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The Teacher's Trial follows the events in the trial of Chris Dawson, who is accused of the murder of his wife Lynette Dawson, who disappeared without trace 40 years ago....
Lynette and Chris Dawson appear to have the perfect marriage. He's a star footballer and popular high school teacher. She's a devoted wife and mother. They share a beautiful home above Sydney's northern beaches. But then Lynette goes missing and is never seen or heard from again....